Panchang for Sunday, 17 May 2026
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 Pratipadauntil 21:41
Shukla Dwitiyauntil 17:54 on 18 May
Nakshatra
Krittikauntil 14:31
Rohiniuntil 11:31 on 18 May
Yoga
Shobhanauntil 06:14
Atigandauntil 01:58 on 18 May
Karana
Kimstughnauntil 11:37
Bavauntil 21:41
Balavauntil 07:46 on 18 May
Month & year
Jyeshtha (adhika), reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka Samvat 1948
Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka Samvat 1948
Sun and moon at Ujjain
Sunrise05:45
Sunset19:01
Moonrise— the moon does not rise on this date at Ujjain
Moonset19:53
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
17:22 – 19:01
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
12:23 – 14:02
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
15:42 – 17:22
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
11:56 – 12:49
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.
Choghadiya — day
- Udveg05:45 – 07:24traditionally avoided
- Chara07:24 – 09:04traditionally neither
- Labha09:04 – 10:43traditionally favourable
- Amrit10:43 – 12:23traditionally favourable
- Kaal12:23 – 14:02traditionally avoided
- Shubh14:02 – 15:42traditionally favourable
- Rog15:42 – 17:22traditionally avoided
- Udveg17:22 – 19:01traditionally avoided
Choghadiya — night
- Shubh19:01 – 20:22traditionally favourable
- Amrit20:22 – 21:42traditionally favourable
- Chara21:42 – 23:02traditionally neither
- Rog23:02 – 00:23 on 18 Maytraditionally avoided
- Kaal00:23 on 18 May – 01:43 on 18 Maytraditionally avoided
- Labha01:43 on 18 May – 03:03 on 18 Maytraditionally favourable
- Udveg03:03 on 18 May – 04:24 on 18 Maytraditionally avoided
- Shubh04:24 on 18 May – 05:44 on 18 Maytraditionally 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.