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Today's Panchang
Your city's Panchang: today's tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and weekday with the times they end, plus sunrise-sunset, Rahu Kaal, Abhijit muhurat and the Choghadiya. No birth details needed.
All values use the Vedic sidereal (Lahiri) system; times are for the chosen city.
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What is a Panchang?
Panchang means the five limbs of the Vedic day: Tithi (lunar day), Nakshatra (lunar mansion), Yoga, Karana and Vara (weekday). Together they describe the character of a day, along with sunrise, sunset and the auspicious and inauspicious windows. The Panchang uses sidereal (Lahiri) calculation.
Why does the Panchang change with the city?
The Hindu day runs sunrise to sunrise, and sunrise, sunset and every muhurta window (Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya) depend on your location. Even which tithi or nakshatra is running at sunrise can differ by city. So a Panchang is always computed for a specific place.
Amanta and Purnimanta months
The lunar month is reckoned two ways: Amanta (ends at the new moon, South-West-East India) and Purnimanta (ends at the full moon, North India). During the waxing fortnight both agree; during the waning fortnight the month name differs. So below we show the month by your region, with the other name when they differ.
Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya
Rahu Kaal is a roughly ninety-minute inauspicious window each day, a fixed one-eighth slice of the daytime that shifts by weekday. Choghadiya divides day and night into eight parts each, labelled auspicious, neutral or inauspicious, so you can pick a good muhurat.
Panchang FAQ
Panchang is the five limbs of the Vedic day: Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Vara, along with sunrise, sunset and the auspicious and inauspicious windows. The calculation is sidereal (Lahiri).
The Hindu day runs sunrise to sunrise, and sunrise, sunset and every muhurta window depend on the place. Even the tithi at sunrise can differ by city, so a Panchang is computed for a specific place.
Rahu Kaal is a roughly ninety-minute inauspicious window each day, considered unfavourable for starting important work. It is a fixed one-eighth slice of the daytime that shifts by weekday.
Choghadiya divides the day and night into eight parts each, labelled auspicious, neutral or inauspicious. People use it to pick a good muhurat for travel, purchases or starting work.
The Panchang is the same for everyone in a place. Your personal muhurat also weighs your chart and the task at hand. For that, ask Niyati's AI astrologer.
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