Panchang for Thursday, 12 November 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 Dwadashiuntil 21:31
Krishna Trayodashiuntil 17:59 on 13 Nov
Nakshatra
Hastauntil 01:54 on 13 Nov
Chitrauntil 23:05 on 13 Nov
Yoga
Vishkambhauntil 15:44
Pritiuntil 11:42 on 13 Nov
Karana
Kaulavauntil 11:09
Taitilauntil 21:31
Garauntil 07:47 on 13 Nov
Month & year
Ashwina, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2077 · Shaka Samvat 1942

Sun and moon at Ujjain

Sunrise06:38
Sunset17:42
Moonrise04:20
Moonset15:46

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
13:33 – 14:56
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
06:38 – 08:01
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
09:24 – 10:47
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
11:48 – 12:33
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.

Choghadiya — day

  • Shubh06:38 – 08:01traditionally favourable
  • Rog08:01 – 09:24traditionally avoided
  • Udveg09:24 – 10:47traditionally avoided
  • Chara10:47 – 12:10traditionally neither
  • Labha12:10 – 13:33traditionally favourable
  • Amrit13:33 – 14:56traditionally favourable
  • Kaal14:56 – 16:19traditionally avoided
  • Shubh16:19 – 17:42traditionally favourable

Choghadiya — night

  • Amrit17:42 – 19:20traditionally favourable
  • Chara19:20 – 20:57traditionally neither
  • Rog20:57 – 22:34traditionally avoided
  • Kaal22:34 – 00:11 on 13 Novtraditionally avoided
  • Labha00:11 on 13 Nov – 01:48 on 13 Novtraditionally favourable
  • Udveg01:48 on 13 Nov – 03:25 on 13 Novtraditionally avoided
  • Shubh03:25 on 13 Nov – 05:02 on 13 Novtraditionally favourable
  • Amrit05:02 on 13 Nov – 06:39 on 13 Novtraditionally favourable

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.