Today's Panchang

Tithi

Tithi — The lunar day — one of thirty divisions of the moon’s cycle. A tithi can be longer or shorter than a solar day, so it usually begins and ends partway through one.

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Nakshatra

Nakshatra — The lunar mansion — the constellation the moon occupies, out of twenty-seven marked along its monthly path.

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Yoga

Yoga — A period derived by combining the positions of the sun and the moon. There are twenty-seven, each lasting roughly a day.

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Karana

Karana — Half of a tithi. Eleven karanas repeat through the lunar month, so two fall within each lunar day.

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Paksha

Paksha — The half of the lunar month. Shukla Paksha is the waxing fortnight up to the full moon; Krishna Paksha is the waning fortnight up to the new moon.

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Hindu month

Hindu month — The lunar month, named for the nakshatra near which the full moon falls. An extra month, Adhika Masa, is inserted about every three years to keep the lunar and solar years aligned.

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Timings

Sunrise

Sunrise — Local sunrise for the selected place. Most Panchang values are read at sunrise, which is why the same date can differ between cities.

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Sunset

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Moonrise

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Moonset

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Rahu Kalam

Rahu Kalam — A period of roughly ninety minutes each day, calculated from sunrise, sunset and the weekday. It is traditionally avoided when starting something new.

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Festivals