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View today's Panchang with Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Rahu Kaal, and auspicious Muhurats for your city. Free daily Hindu calendar by My Destiny Path. Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
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New Delhi, India · Asia/Kolkata
Our Panchang calculator derives the five limbs — Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana — from astronomical positions for the selected location and date. Transition times are numerically refined, and displayed civil times follow the stated rounding policy. Here is what each value means and how it is calculated.
“The Moon's phase is the tide of the mind. Tithi tells you the emotional climate of each day.”
**Tithi** is the Vedic lunar day. We calculate it by measuring the angular gap between the Sun and Moon on the ecliptic. Every **12° of separation = 1 Tithi**. Since the full cycle is 360°, there are exactly 30 Tithis in a lunar month — 15 during the waxing Moon (Shukla Paksha: Moon moving away from Sun) and 15 during the waning Moon (Krishna Paksha: Moon moving back toward Sun). When you see 'Shukla Dashami' on our tool, it means the Moon is 108°–120° ahead of the Sun at your local sunrise.
**Why does Tithi change mid-day?** The Moon moves at varying speeds (12°–15° per day depending on its elliptical orbit). A fast Moon completes a Tithi in under 20 hours; a slow Moon may take 26 hours. This is why the same Tithi can appear on two calendar dates, or two Tithis can fall in one day. Our tool shows the Tithi at your local sunrise. **Rikta Tithis** (4th, 9th, 14th) mean 'empty hands' — avoid signing contracts or starting journeys. **Nanda Tithis** (1st, 6th, 11th) favour joy and new beginnings. **Purna Tithis** (5th, 10th, Purnima) are full and abundant.
“The Nakshatra is where the Moon rests each night. It shapes the character of the entire day.”
**How we calculate it:** We divide the 360° zodiac into 27 equal segments of **13°20' each**. We check which segment the Moon currently occupies. The result is your Nakshatra. The Moon travels through one full Nakshatra in approximately 24 hours — making it the most time-sensitive indicator in the Panchang. While a Sun sign lasts a month and a zodiac sign lasts 2.5 days, the Nakshatra changes daily. Each Nakshatra has a ruling deity, a ruling planet, a symbolic animal, and a specific quality of energy.
**How to use today's Nakshatra:** Each Nakshatra falls into one of four types. **Fixed Nakshatras** (Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada) are best for foundations — buying property, marriage, starting a business that should last. **Moveable Nakshatras** (Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Punarvasu) favour travel, vehicle purchase, and change. **Sharp Nakshatras** (Moola, Jyeshtha, Ardra, Ashlesha) are suited for confrontation — litigation, ending contracts, severing bad habits. **Soft Nakshatras** (Mrigashira, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati) are best for arts, learning, and gentle activities.
“Yoga means union. It is the alchemy of how the Sun's soul and the Moon's mind combine today.”
**How we calculate it:** Yoga = (Sun's ecliptic longitude + Moon's ecliptic longitude) ÷ 13°20'. The result (0–26) gives one of 27 Nithya Yogas. Unlike Tithi (which measures the *difference* between Sun and Moon), Yoga measures their *sum* — how the solar energy and lunar emotion combine that day. Think of Tithi as the day's mood; Yoga as its background music.
**Auspicious Yogas** to act on: Siddhi (support for accomplishment), Shiva (spiritual depth), Harshana (happiness and joy), Shubha (general goodness), Sadhya (achievable goals). **Inauspicious Yogas** to avoid for new starts: Vyatipata (sudden reversal - highest caution), Vaidhriti (separation, conflict, things fall apart), Vajra (lightning - destructive force), Ganda (danger, obstacles), Atiganda (extreme danger). Our tool highlights these so you can plan accordingly.
“Karana is the hand that does the work. It determines whether the day's effort yields results or is withheld.”
**How we calculate it:** Karana = half a Tithi. Since Tithi = 12° of Sun–Moon separation, Karana = 6°. A complete Karana normally lasts roughly **11–12 hours on average**, though its actual duration varies with the changing relative speed of the Sun and Moon. There are 11 Karanas in total — 4 fixed (Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga, Kimstughna — appearing once per lunar month at specific positions) and 7 moveable (Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija, Vishti — repeating across the month).
**The most critical Karana is Vishti (Bhadra).** During Vishti, classical texts advise against marriage, travel, business launches, and contract signing, as outcomes are believed to reverse. However, Vishti is considered powerful for aggressive tasks — filing litigation, ending a bad relationship, or destroying negativity. **Kimstughna** (the first Karana of Shukla Pratipada) is extremely auspicious for starting the new lunar month's work.
“Time is not a river flowing in one direction — it is a wheel with spokes of different qualities rotating over you.”
**Rahu Kaal:** We divide the daylight hours (sunrise to sunset) into exactly **8 equal parts**. The position of Rahu Kaal among these 8 parts is fixed by weekday: Sunday = 8th part, Monday = 2nd, Tuesday = 7th, Wednesday = 5th, Thursday = 6th, Friday = 4th, Saturday = 3rd. Because sunrise time varies by location and date, Rahu Kaal times change daily and differ between cities. Avoid starting anything new during this window. **Gulika Kaal** is calculated similarly as the 8th-part from a different starting point — it is the period of Saturn's son Gulika, also inauspicious for new starts.
**Choghadiya** ('four-ghati time') divides daylight and nighttime into **8 equal parts each**, with the quality cycling through 7 planetary rulers. The starting ruler is determined by the weekday. **Amrit, Shubha, and Labh** Choghadiyas are universally auspicious — use them for any important start. **Udveg** (anxiety) and **Rog** (disease) are inauspicious. **Kaal** is bad for new starts but usable for discipline. **Char** is neutral — good for travel. **Abhijit Muhurta** (around solar noon, approximately 48 minutes) overrides most Panchang doshas — it is your daily emergency Muhurta.
“Astronomical positions are measurable; their astrological meanings are traditional interpretations used for reflection and timing.”
The planet table shows current positions of all 9 Vedic planets (Navagrahas) — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu — plus Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Positions use the **sidereal zodiac with Lahiri ayanamsha**. **R (Retrograde)** marks apparent backward motion. **C (Combust)** follows the engine's canonical Surya Siddhanta profile: Moon 12°, Mars 17°, Mercury 14° direct/12° retrograde, Jupiter 11°, Venus 10° direct/8° retrograde, and Saturn 15°; a planet within 17 arcminutes is treated separately as cazimi.
**What the Pada (Quarter) tells you:** Each Nakshatra divides into 4 Padas of 3°20' each. The Pada determines the Navamsha sign a planet occupies. For a timeless example, **Pushya Pada 4 maps to Scorpio Navamsha**. The live table always shows the Pada calculated for the selected date and location.
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Results can differ because of **location**, the sunrise convention, timezone handling, ayanamsha, and display-rounding policy. This tool uses the selected coordinates and date, Lahiri ayanamsha, and the calculation conventions disclosed on this page. Compare those settings when checking another source.
Ayanamsha is the angular gap between the tropical zodiac (based on the spring equinox, used in Western astrology) and the sidereal zodiac (based on fixed stars, used in Vedic astrology). As of 2026, Lahiri ayanamsha ≈ 23°51'. This means Vedic planet degrees are shifted back ~24° from Western degrees. A planet at Aries 10° in a Western horoscope would appear at Pisces 16° in our Vedic Panchang. This is the root cause of the 'different zodiac sign' confusion between Vedic and Western readings.
The Moon's orbital speed is not constant, so Tithi and Nakshatra durations vary and transitions commonly occur during the civil day. A **Kshaya Tithi** is more specific: it begins and ends between two consecutive local sunrises, so it is present at neither sunrise. An ordinary mid-day transition is not by itself a Kshaya Tithi.
Combust is a traditional classification for a planet close to the Sun. This page uses the same canonical Surya Siddhanta profile as the calculation engine: Moon 12°, Mars 17°, Mercury 14° direct/12° retrograde, Jupiter 11°, Venus 10° direct/8° retrograde, and Saturn 15°. Cazimi within 17 arcminutes is classified separately rather than as combust.
In traditional Panchang practice, intention and timing are considered together. A Vishti Karana or Vyatipata Yoga is interpreted as a caution signal, not a guarantee of harm. Use these timings as cultural guidance for optional plans such as ceremonies or launches, never as a reason to delay urgent medical, legal, financial, or safety decisions.
Abhijit Muhurta is a traditional midday interval centered near local solar noon. The tool derives its window from the selected location's Vedic sunrise and sunset. In accordance with the shared Panchang rule used across this site, it is shown as **absent on Wednesday**.
Daily Panchang with Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Rahu Kaal, and links to muhurat tools.
Panchang lists the five limbs (Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Vaar) for your city. Use it for daily ritual timing and planning alongside Rahu Kaal and Abhijit Muhurat.
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