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Panchang for Muscat — 20 May 2026

Shukla Chaturthi tithi, Punarvasu nakshatra · Wednesday · (23.588°, 58.3829°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Vrishabha (Vaishakha)

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 Muscat (23.588°, 58.3829°)'s own sunrise — 05:22 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 Chaturthiuntil 09:37 AMRikta tithi — depleting; reserved for harsh or routine acts.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraPunarvasu · pada 1until 02:42 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaShulauntil 12:40 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 09:37 AMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:22 AM
Sunset06:44 PM
Moonrise08:45 AM
Moonset10:44 PM
Moon inGemini
Sun inTaurus
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta03:46 AM – 04:34 AM
Amrit Kalam11:52 PM – 01:20 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:03 PM – 01:43 PM
Gulika Kalam10:22 AM – 12:03 PM
Yamaganda07:02 AM – 08:42 AM
Varjyam03:03 PM – 04:31 PM
Abhijit Muhurta11:36 AM – 12:29 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta08:55 AM – 09:49 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:22 AM – 07:02 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:02 AM – 08:42 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:42 AM – 10:22 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:22 AM – 12:03 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:03 PM – 01:43 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:43 PM – 03:23 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:23 PM – 05:03 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:03 PM – 06:44 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg06:44 PM – 08:03 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:03 PM – 09:23 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh09:23 PM – 10:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:43 PM – 12:03 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:03 AM – 01:22 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:22 AM – 02:42 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:42 AM – 04:02 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:02 AM – 05:22 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; 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