🕉️ Daily Panchang

Panchang is the traditional Hindu astrological calendar. It displays the five elements of each day — Tithi (lunar day), Nakshatra (lunar mansion), Yoga (auspicious conjunction), Karana (half-day), and Vara (weekday) — alongside sunrise/sunset, auspicious windows, and inauspicious periods.

A Tithi is a lunar day — the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. There are 30 Tithis per lunar month, split into shukla paksha (waxing) and krishna paksha (waning). Tithis don't align with 24-hour calendar dates — a Tithi can begin or end at any hour, which is why the Panchang shows the exact end time.

Nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions in Vedic astrology. The Moon traverses all 27 every ~27 days, spending about 24 hours in each. Each Nakshatra has a presiding deity, symbol, animal, gana, yoni, and elemental nature, and is auspicious for different activities.

Choghadiya divides daylight (sunrise to sunset) and night (sunset to sunrise) into eight ~90-minute periods each. Each period is named after a planet (Amrit, Char, Labh, Shubh are auspicious; Udveg, Kal, Rog are not). Choghadiya is widely used in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and across western India for hourly timing.

Rahu Kaal is one of eight equal portions of daylight, ruled by the shadow planet Rahu. It varies by weekday and lasts roughly 90 minutes. It is traditionally avoided for starting new ventures, signing contracts, marriages, and travel — though routine work is fine.

Brahma Muhurat is the 96-to-48-minute window before sunrise — the most sacred pre-dawn hour for meditation, study, and spiritual practice. Abhijit Muhurat is a ~24-minute window centered on solar noon (1/15 of daytime around midday) — universally auspicious for new beginnings.