Panchang for Wednesday, 16 September 2020
The five elements of the day, the sun and the moon, and the windows tradition keeps.
Reckoned for
Every time below is on Ujjaintime. Sunrise moves with your longitude, and so does everything measured from it — a panchang for a city east or west of Ujjain will differ by minutes or more. How to read this page.
Tithi
Krishna Chaturdashiuntil 19:57
Krishna Amavasyauntil 16:30 on 17 Sept
Nakshatra
Maghauntil 12:20
Purva Phalguniuntil 09:48 on 17 Sept
Yoga
Siddhauntil 07:40
Sadhyauntil 03:54 on 17 Sept
Karana
Vishtiuntil 09:32
Shakuniuntil 19:57
Chatushpadauntil 06:16 on 17 Sept
Month & year
Bhadrapada, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2077 · Shaka Samvat 1942
Vikram Samvat 2077 · Shaka Samvat 1942
Sun and moon at Ujjain
Sunrise06:13
Sunset18:29
Moonrise05:51
Moonset18:00
Traditionally observed windows
These are divisions of the span between sunrise and sunset, kept by long tradition. They are recorded here as what is customarily observed, not as a claim about what a day will bring.
Rahu Kaal
12:21 – 13:53
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
07:45 – 09:17
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
10:49 – 12:21
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit— Abhijit is traditionally held not to occur on a Wednesday.
Choghadiya — day
- Labha06:13 – 07:45traditionally favourable
- Amrit07:45 – 09:17traditionally favourable
- Kaal09:17 – 10:49traditionally avoided
- Shubh10:49 – 12:21traditionally favourable
- Rog12:21 – 13:53traditionally avoided
- Udveg13:53 – 15:25traditionally avoided
- Chara15:25 – 16:57traditionally neither
- Labha16:57 – 18:29traditionally favourable
Choghadiya — night
- Udveg18:29 – 19:57traditionally avoided
- Shubh19:57 – 21:25traditionally favourable
- Amrit21:25 – 22:53traditionally favourable
- Chara22:53 – 00:21 on 17 Septtraditionally neither
- Rog00:21 on 17 Sept – 01:49 on 17 Septtraditionally avoided
- Kaal01:49 on 17 Sept – 03:17 on 17 Septtraditionally avoided
- Labha03:17 on 17 Sept – 04:46 on 17 Septtraditionally favourable
- Udveg04:46 on 17 Sept – 06:14 on 17 Septtraditionally avoided
How to read this page
- What is shown
- Each element is the one running at sunrise, with the instant it ends. Where a second begins before the next sunrise it is listed under the first, because an element that ends soon after dawn governs almost none of the day that follows it.
- Which clock
- Every time here is on the clock of the anchor selected above, and every anchor is a city, not a country. Sunrise moves with longitude — roughly four minutes for every degree east or west — and Rahu Kaal, Abhijit and the Choghadiya are all divisions of the span between sunrise and sunset, so they move with it too. A panchang computed for your own town will differ, and by more than a rounding.
- Sources
- Positions of the Sun and Moon come from Astronomy Engine, an open-source implementation of standard astronomical models. Nakshatra and yoga use the Lahiri ayanamsa. A hand-checked table of published panchang days across five regions and several years is re-verified on every build, and the build is refused if any disagree.
- Months and years
- The month is amanta — new moon to new moon. Vikram and Shaka Samvat both turn at Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, in March or April. The Gujarati Vikram Samvat turns at Kartika Shukla Pratipada instead, around Diwali, so if that is your reckoning the year given here will be one ahead of yours for part of the year.
- The traditional windows
- Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and the Choghadiya are recorded here as what is customarily observed. They are divisions of the daylight span by weekday, not astronomical events, and nothing on this page is a claim about what any day will bring.