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Panchang · Patna
In short
What is today's Panchang?
Panchang means five limbs: the tithi, the vara (weekday), the nakshatra, the yoga and the karana for a given day. Alongside those it gives sunrise and sunset, and the auspicious and inauspicious windows derived from them — Rahu Kaal, Abhijit Muhurat and the Choghadiya. All of it depends on your location.
Patna · Tuesday, 1 September 2026
The five limbs
- Vara
- Tuesday
- Tithi
- Chaturthi · Krishna Paksha
- Moon's nakshatra
- Ashwini · Pada 1
- Yoga
- Vriddhi
- Karana
- Balava
- Moon in
- Aries
- Sun in
- Leo
Sunrise · Sunset
- Sunrise
- 05:29
- Sunset
- 18:08
- Moonrise
- 20:49
- Moonset
- 09:10
Muhurta windows
- Abhijit Muhurat
- 11:24 – 12:14
- Rahu Kaal
- 14:59 – 16:34
- Yamaganda
- 08:39 – 10:14
- Gulika Kaal
- 11:49 – 13:24
Day Choghadiya
- RogAvoid05:29 – 07:04
- UdvegAvoid07:04 – 08:39
- CharAuspicious08:39 – 10:14
- LabhAuspicious10:14 – 11:49
- AmritAuspicious11:49 – 13:24
- KaalAvoid13:24 – 14:59
- ShubhAuspicious14:59 – 16:34
- RogAvoid16:34 – 18:08
Night Choghadiya
- KaalAvoid18:08 – 19:34
- ShubhAuspicious19:34 – 20:59
- RogAvoid20:59 – 22:24
- UdvegAvoid22:24 – 23:49
- CharAuspicious23:49 – 01:14
- LabhAuspicious01:14 – 02:39
- AmritAuspicious02:39 – 04:04
- KaalAvoid04:04 – 05:30
Tithi
A tithi is a lunar day: the time the Moon takes to gain twelve degrees on the Sun. There are thirty in a lunar month, fifteen in each paksha — Shukla while the Moon waxes, Krishna while it wanes.
Nakshatra
The nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon occupies, one of 27 divisions of 13°20′ each. The Moon crosses roughly one a day, which is why the nakshatra is the fastest-changing of the five limbs after the tithi.
Yoga and Karana
Yoga divides the sum of the Sun's and Moon's sidereal longitudes into 27 parts. Karana is half a tithi — sixty in a lunar month, carrying eleven names: seven that repeat and four that appear once each.
Sunrise and sunset
Everything anchored to sunrise changes with where you are. The five limbs themselves are read at sunrise, which is the traditional start of the day rather than midnight — so a panchang for the same calendar date can name a different tithi in two cities.
Rahu Kaal
Rahu Kaal is one eighth of the daylight period, and which eighth depends on the weekday. It is traditionally avoided for beginning anything new. Because it is a fraction of the day's length, it starts and ends at different clock times in Kathmandu than in Delhi, and at different times in December than in June.
Abhijit Muhurat
Abhijit is the eighth of fifteen muhurtas — the one straddling local noon. It is treated as broadly auspicious and is the window most often cited when no other muhurta has been chosen.
Choghadiya
The Choghadiya splits daylight and night into eight parts each, cycling through seven named periods. Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Char are treated as auspicious; Udveg, Kaal and Rog are not. Which name the day opens with is set by the weekday.
Frequently asked questions
What is Panchang?
The Hindu almanac for a day, giving its five limbs: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana. It also lists sunrise, sunset and the muhurta windows derived from them.
What is today's tithi?
The current tithi is shown at the top of this page for your selected city, along with the paksha. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain twelve degrees on the Sun; there are thirty in a lunar month.
What is Rahu Kaal today?
Today's Rahu Kaal for your selected city is listed above. It is one eighth of the daylight period, chosen by weekday, and is traditionally avoided for starting anything new.
Why does Panchang differ between cities?
Because the five limbs are read at sunrise and the muhurta windows are fractions of the daylight period. Both depend on latitude and longitude, so the same calendar date gives different values in Kathmandu and Delhi.
What is Abhijit Muhurat?
The eighth of the fifteen muhurtas of daylight, straddling local noon. It is treated as broadly auspicious and is commonly used when no specific muhurta has been chosen.
What is Choghadiya?
A division of daylight and night into eight parts each, cycling through seven named periods. Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Char are auspicious; Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided.