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Panchang for London — 17 August 2026

Shukla Panchami tithi, Chitra nakshatra · Monday · England (51.5074°, -0.1278°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Simha (Shravana)

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 London (51.5074°, -0.1278°)'s own sunrise — 05:49 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 Panchamiuntil 12:30 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraChitra · pada 2until 12:28 AMMridu nakshatra — Marriage, friendship, music, ornaments, pleasure.
YogaShubhauntil 10:59 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBalavauntil 12:30 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:49 AM
Sunset08:19 PM
Moonrise11:57 AM
Moonset09:30 PM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:13 AM – 05:01 AM
Amrit Kalam05:34 PM – 07:15 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam07:37 AM – 09:26 AM
Gulika Kalam02:52 PM – 04:41 PM
Yamaganda11:15 AM – 01:04 PM
Varjyam07:28 AM – 09:09 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:35 PM – 01:33 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta04:27 PM – 05:25 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit05:49 AM – 07:37 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:37 AM – 09:26 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:26 AM – 11:15 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:15 AM – 01:04 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:04 PM – 02:52 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:52 PM – 04:41 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:41 PM – 06:30 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit06:30 PM – 08:19 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara08:19 PM – 09:30 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh09:30 PM – 10:41 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:41 PM – 11:52 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:52 PM – 01:04 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:04 AM – 02:15 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:15 AM – 03:26 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:26 AM – 04:37 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:37 AM – 05:49 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

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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