Panchang for Tuesday, 26 December 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
Shukla Purnimauntil 06:03 on 27 Dec
Krishna Pratipadauntil 06:47 on 28 Dec
Nakshatra
Mrigashirauntil 22:20
Ardrauntil 23:28 on 27 Dec
Yoga
Shuklauntil 03:20 on 27 Dec
Brahmauntil 02:40 on 28 Dec
Karana
Vishtiuntil 17:52
Bavauntil 06:03 on 27 Dec
Balavauntil 18:22 on 27 Dec
Month & year
Margashirsha, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2080 · Shaka Samvat 1945

Sun and moon at Ujjain

Sunrise07:05
Sunset17:48
Moonrise17:07
Moonset— the moon does not set on this date at Ujjain

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
15:07 – 16:28
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
09:46 – 11:06
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
12:27 – 13:47
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:05 – 12:48
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.

Choghadiya — day

  • Rog07:05 – 08:26traditionally avoided
  • Udveg08:26 – 09:46traditionally avoided
  • Chara09:46 – 11:06traditionally neither
  • Labha11:06 – 12:27traditionally favourable
  • Amrit12:27 – 13:47traditionally favourable
  • Kaal13:47 – 15:07traditionally avoided
  • Shubh15:07 – 16:28traditionally favourable
  • Rog16:28 – 17:48traditionally avoided

Choghadiya — night

  • Kaal17:48 – 19:28traditionally avoided
  • Labha19:28 – 21:07traditionally favourable
  • Udveg21:07 – 22:47traditionally avoided
  • Shubh22:47 – 00:27 on 27 Dectraditionally favourable
  • Amrit00:27 on 27 Dec – 02:07 on 27 Dectraditionally favourable
  • Chara02:07 on 27 Dec – 03:46 on 27 Dectraditionally neither
  • Rog03:46 on 27 Dec – 05:26 on 27 Dectraditionally avoided
  • Kaal05:26 on 27 Dec – 07:06 on 27 Dectraditionally 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.