Panchang for Saturday, 6 January 2024
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 Dashamiuntil 00:42 on 7 Jan
Krishna Ekadashiuntil 00:47 on 8 Jan
Nakshatra
Swatiuntil 21:23
Vishakhauntil 22:07 on 7 Jan
Yoga
Dhritiuntil 06:09 on 7 Jan
Shulauntil 04:51 on 8 Jan
Karana
Vanijauntil 12:21
Vishtiuntil 00:42 on 7 Jan
Bavauntil 12:51 on 7 Jan
Month & year
Margashirsha, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2080 · Shaka Samvat 1945
Vikram Samvat 2080 · Shaka Samvat 1945
Sun and moon at Ujjain
Sunrise07:09
Sunset17:55
Moonrise02:53
Moonset13:23
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
09:50 – 11:11
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
13:53 – 15:13
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
07:09 – 08:30
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:10 – 12:53
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.
Choghadiya — day
- Kaal07:09 – 08:30traditionally avoided
- Shubh08:30 – 09:50traditionally favourable
- Rog09:50 – 11:11traditionally avoided
- Udveg11:11 – 12:32traditionally avoided
- Chara12:32 – 13:53traditionally neither
- Labha13:53 – 15:13traditionally favourable
- Amrit15:13 – 16:34traditionally favourable
- Kaal16:34 – 17:55traditionally avoided
Choghadiya — night
- Labha17:55 – 19:34traditionally favourable
- Udveg19:34 – 21:13traditionally avoided
- Shubh21:13 – 22:53traditionally favourable
- Amrit22:53 – 00:32 on 7 Jantraditionally favourable
- Chara00:32 on 7 Jan – 02:11 on 7 Jantraditionally neither
- Rog02:11 on 7 Jan – 03:51 on 7 Jantraditionally avoided
- Kaal03:51 on 7 Jan – 05:30 on 7 Jantraditionally avoided
- Labha05:30 on 7 Jan – 07:09 on 7 Jantraditionally 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.