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Panchang for Amritsar — 31 December 2026

Krishna Ashtami tithi, Hasta nakshatra · Thursday · Punjab (31.634°, 74.8723°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

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 Amritsar (31.634°, 74.8723°)'s own sunrise — 07:30 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 Ashtamiuntil 12:32 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraHasta · pada 3until 04:13 PMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShobhanauntil 12:26 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 12:32 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:30 AM
Sunset05:37 PM
Moonrise12:44 AM
Moonset12:13 PM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:13 PM – 12:53 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:54 AM – 06:42 AM
Amrit Kalam11:31 AM – 01:10 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:49 PM – 03:05 PM
Gulika Kalam10:01 AM – 11:17 AM
Yamaganda07:30 AM – 08:45 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta01:34 PM – 02:14 PM
Durmuhurta04:16 PM – 04:56 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh07:30 AM – 08:45 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog08:45 AM – 10:01 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg10:01 AM – 11:17 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara11:17 AM – 12:33 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:33 PM – 01:49 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:49 PM – 03:05 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:05 PM – 04:21 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:21 PM – 05:37 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit05:37 PM – 07:21 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:21 PM – 09:05 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:05 PM – 10:49 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:49 PM – 12:33 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:33 AM – 02:17 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:17 AM – 04:01 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:01 AM – 05:45 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit05:45 AM – 07:30 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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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