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Panchang for London — 16 October 2026

Shukla Shashthi tithi, Mula nakshatra · Friday · England (51.5074°, -0.1278°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Kanya (Bhadrapada)

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 — 07:26 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 Shashthiuntil 01:24 AMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraMula · pada 1until 05:17 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShobhanauntil 05:35 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 12:08 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:26 AM
Sunset06:06 PM
Moonrise02:16 PM
Moonset08:41 PM
Moon inSagittarius
Sun inVirgo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:24 PM – 01:07 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:50 AM – 06:38 AM
Amrit Kalam11:31 PM – 01:19 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:26 AM – 12:46 PM
Gulika Kalam08:46 AM – 10:06 AM
Yamaganda03:26 PM – 04:46 PM
Varjyam12:43 PM – 02:31 PM
Durmuhurta11:42 AM – 12:24 PM
Durmuhurta02:32 PM – 03:15 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:26 AM – 08:46 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:46 AM – 10:06 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:06 AM – 11:26 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:26 AM – 12:46 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:46 PM – 02:06 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:06 PM – 03:26 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:26 PM – 04:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:46 PM – 06:06 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:06 PM – 07:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:46 PM – 09:26 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:26 PM – 11:06 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:06 PM – 12:46 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:46 AM – 02:26 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:26 AM – 04:06 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:06 AM – 05:46 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:46 AM – 07:26 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