Panchang for Friday, 17 March 2028

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 Saptamiuntil 16:27
Krishna Ashtamiuntil 17:31 on 18 Mar
Nakshatra
Jyeshthauntil 21:54
Mulauntil 23:42 on 18 Mar
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 21:51
Vyatipatauntil 21:43 on 18 Mar
Karana
Bavauntil 16:27
Balavauntil 04:53 on 18 Mar
Kaulavauntil 17:31 on 18 Mar
Month & year
Phalguna, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2084 · Shaka Samvat 1949

Sun and moon at Ujjain

Sunrise06:33
Sunset18:36
Moonrise01:14
Moonset11:04

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
11:04 – 12:35
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
15:36 – 17:06
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
08:04 – 09:34
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:11 – 12:59
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.

Choghadiya — day

  • Chara06:33 – 08:04traditionally neither
  • Labha08:04 – 09:34traditionally favourable
  • Amrit09:34 – 11:04traditionally favourable
  • Kaal11:04 – 12:35traditionally avoided
  • Shubh12:35 – 14:05traditionally favourable
  • Rog14:05 – 15:36traditionally avoided
  • Udveg15:36 – 17:06traditionally avoided
  • Chara17:06 – 18:36traditionally neither

Choghadiya — night

  • Rog18:36 – 20:06traditionally avoided
  • Kaal20:06 – 21:35traditionally avoided
  • Labha21:35 – 23:05traditionally favourable
  • Udveg23:05 – 00:34 on 18 Martraditionally avoided
  • Shubh00:34 on 18 Mar – 02:04 on 18 Martraditionally favourable
  • Amrit02:04 on 18 Mar – 03:33 on 18 Martraditionally favourable
  • Chara03:33 on 18 Mar – 05:03 on 18 Martraditionally neither
  • Rog05:03 on 18 Mar – 06:32 on 18 Martraditionally 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.