Panchang for Friday, 20 January 2023
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 Trayodashiuntil 10:00
Krishna Chaturdashiuntil 06:18 on 21 Jan
Nakshatra
Mulauntil 12:40
Purva Ashadhauntil 09:40 on 21 Jan
Yoga
Vyaghatauntil 18:56
Harshanauntil 14:34 on 21 Jan
Karana
Vanijauntil 10:00
Vishtiuntil 20:11
Shakuniuntil 06:18 on 21 Jan
Chatushpadauntil 16:22 on 21 Jan
Month & year
Pausha, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2079 · Shaka Samvat 1944
Vikram Samvat 2079 · Shaka Samvat 1944
Sun and moon at Ujjain
Sunrise07:10
Sunset18:05
Moonrise06:42
Moonset16:20
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
11:15 – 12:37
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
15:21 – 16:43
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
08:32 – 09:53
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:15 – 12:59
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.
Choghadiya — day
- Chara07:10 – 08:32traditionally neither
- Labha08:32 – 09:53traditionally favourable
- Amrit09:53 – 11:15traditionally favourable
- Kaal11:15 – 12:37traditionally avoided
- Shubh12:37 – 13:59traditionally favourable
- Rog13:59 – 15:21traditionally avoided
- Udveg15:21 – 16:43traditionally avoided
- Chara16:43 – 18:05traditionally neither
Choghadiya — night
- Rog18:05 – 19:43traditionally avoided
- Kaal19:43 – 21:21traditionally avoided
- Labha21:21 – 22:59traditionally favourable
- Udveg22:59 – 00:37 on 21 Jantraditionally avoided
- Shubh00:37 on 21 Jan – 02:15 on 21 Jantraditionally favourable
- Amrit02:15 on 21 Jan – 03:53 on 21 Jantraditionally favourable
- Chara03:53 on 21 Jan – 05:31 on 21 Jantraditionally neither
- Rog05:31 on 21 Jan – 07:09 on 21 Jantraditionally 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.