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Panchang for Kuala Lumpur — 17 December 2026

Shukla Ashtami tithi, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra · Thursday · (3.139°, 101.6869°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)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 Kuala Lumpur (3.139°, 101.6869°)'s own sunrise — 07:11 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
TithiShukla Ashtamiuntil 01:56 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada · pada 3until 06:00 PMUgra nakshatra — Destruction, weapons, harsh deeds — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaSiddhiuntil 03:51 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 01:42 PMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:11 AM
Sunset07:08 PM
Moonrise01:11 PM
Moonset12:42 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:45 PM – 01:33 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:35 AM – 06:23 AM
Amrit Kalam10:46 AM – 12:27 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam02:39 PM – 04:08 PM
Gulika Kalam10:10 AM – 11:39 AM
Yamaganda07:11 AM – 08:40 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta02:21 PM – 03:09 PM
Durmuhurta05:32 PM – 06:20 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh07:11 AM – 08:40 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog08:40 AM – 10:10 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg10:10 AM – 11:39 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara11:39 AM – 01:09 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh01:09 PM – 02:39 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit02:39 PM – 04:08 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal04:08 PM – 05:38 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh05:38 PM – 07:08 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit07:08 PM – 08:38 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:38 PM – 10:08 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:08 PM – 11:39 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:39 PM – 01:09 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:09 AM – 02:39 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:39 AM – 04:10 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:10 AM – 05:40 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit05:40 AM – 07:11 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