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Panchang for Ahmedabad — 16 January 2026

Krishna Trayodashi tithi, Mula nakshatra · Friday · Gujarat (23.0225°, 72.5714°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Makara (Pausha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Ahmedabad (23.0225°, 72.5714°)'s own sunrise — 07:23 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Trayodashiuntil 10:22 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraMula · pada 1until 08:12 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaDhruvauntil 09:06 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaGarauntil 09:22 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:23 AM
Sunset06:16 PM
Moonrise05:28 AM
Moonset03:56 PM
Moon inSagittarius
Sun inCapricorn
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:27 PM – 01:11 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:47 AM – 06:35 AM
Amrit Kalam02:32 AM – 04:18 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:27 AM – 12:49 PM
Gulika Kalam08:44 AM – 10:06 AM
Yamaganda03:32 PM – 04:54 PM
Varjyam03:59 PM – 05:44 PM
Durmuhurta11:44 AM – 12:27 PM
Durmuhurta02:38 PM – 03:21 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:23 AM – 08:44 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:44 AM – 10:06 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:06 AM – 11:27 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:27 AM – 12:49 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:49 PM – 02:11 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:11 PM – 03:32 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:32 PM – 04:54 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:54 PM – 06:16 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:16 PM – 07:54 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:54 PM – 09:32 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:32 PM – 11:11 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:11 PM – 12:49 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:49 AM – 02:27 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:27 AM – 04:06 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:06 AM – 05:44 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:44 AM – 07:23 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle