Panchang for Tuesday, 30 April 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 Shashthiuntil 07:06
Krishna Saptamiuntil 05:47 on 1 May
Nakshatra
Uttara Ashadhauntil 04:09 on 1 May
Shravanauntil 03:10 on 2 May
Yoga
Sadhyauntil 22:23
Shubhauntil 20:00 on 1 May
Karana
Vanijauntil 07:06
Vishtiuntil 18:29
Bavauntil 05:47 on 1 May
Balavauntil 16:57 on 1 May
Month & year
Chaitra, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2081 · Shaka Samvat 1946

Sun and moon at Ujjain

Sunrise05:54
Sunset18:54
Moonrise00:59
Moonset10:51

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
15:39 – 17:16
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
09:09 – 10:46
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
12:24 – 14:01
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
11:58 – 12:50
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.

Choghadiya — day

  • Rog05:54 – 07:31traditionally avoided
  • Udveg07:31 – 09:09traditionally avoided
  • Chara09:09 – 10:46traditionally neither
  • Labha10:46 – 12:24traditionally favourable
  • Amrit12:24 – 14:01traditionally favourable
  • Kaal14:01 – 15:39traditionally avoided
  • Shubh15:39 – 17:16traditionally favourable
  • Rog17:16 – 18:54traditionally avoided

Choghadiya — night

  • Kaal18:54 – 20:16traditionally avoided
  • Labha20:16 – 21:38traditionally favourable
  • Udveg21:38 – 23:01traditionally avoided
  • Shubh23:01 – 00:23 on 1 Maytraditionally favourable
  • Amrit00:23 on 1 May – 01:46 on 1 Maytraditionally favourable
  • Chara01:46 on 1 May – 03:08 on 1 Maytraditionally neither
  • Rog03:08 on 1 May – 04:31 on 1 Maytraditionally avoided
  • Kaal04:31 on 1 May – 05:53 on 1 Maytraditionally 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.