Panchang for Thursday, 2 April 2020
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 Navamiuntil 02:43 on 3 Apr
Shukla Dashamiuntil 00:59 on 4 Apr
Nakshatra
Punarvasuuntil 19:28
Pushyauntil 18:40 on 3 Apr
Yoga
Atigandauntil 15:21
Sukarmauntil 13:09 on 3 Apr
Karana
Balavauntil 15:18
Kaulavauntil 02:43 on 3 Apr
Taitilauntil 13:57 on 3 Apr
Month & year
Chaitra, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2077 · Shaka Samvat 1942
Vikram Samvat 2077 · Shaka Samvat 1942
Sun and moon at Ujjain
Sunrise06:18
Sunset18:42
Moonrise12:44
Moonset02:37
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
14:03 – 15:36
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
06:18 – 07:51
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
09:24 – 10:57
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:05 – 12:55
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.
Choghadiya — day
- Shubh06:18 – 07:51traditionally favourable
- Rog07:51 – 09:24traditionally avoided
- Udveg09:24 – 10:57traditionally avoided
- Chara10:57 – 12:30traditionally neither
- Labha12:30 – 14:03traditionally favourable
- Amrit14:03 – 15:36traditionally favourable
- Kaal15:36 – 17:09traditionally avoided
- Shubh17:09 – 18:42traditionally favourable
Choghadiya — night
- Amrit18:42 – 20:09traditionally favourable
- Chara20:09 – 21:36traditionally neither
- Rog21:36 – 23:03traditionally avoided
- Kaal23:03 – 00:30 on 3 Aprtraditionally avoided
- Labha00:30 on 3 Apr – 01:56 on 3 Aprtraditionally favourable
- Udveg01:56 on 3 Apr – 03:23 on 3 Aprtraditionally avoided
- Shubh03:23 on 3 Apr – 04:50 on 3 Aprtraditionally favourable
- Amrit04:50 on 3 Apr – 06:17 on 3 Aprtraditionally 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.