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Panchang for Muscat — 16 October 2026

Shukla Shashthi tithi, Mula nakshatra · Friday · (23.588°, 58.3829°)

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 Muscat (23.588°, 58.3829°)'s own sunrise — 06:04 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 04:24 AMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraMula · pada 1until 08:17 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShobhanauntil 08:35 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 03:08 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:04 AM
Sunset05:40 PM
Moonrise11:12 AM
Moonset09:38 PM
Moon inSagittarius
Sun inVirgo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:28 AM – 12:15 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:28 AM – 05:16 AM
Amrit Kalam01:09 AM – 02:57 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:25 AM – 11:52 AM
Gulika Kalam07:31 AM – 08:58 AM
Yamaganda02:46 PM – 04:13 PM
Varjyam02:21 PM – 04:09 PM
Durmuhurta10:42 AM – 11:28 AM
Durmuhurta01:48 PM – 02:34 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara06:04 AM – 07:31 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:31 AM – 08:58 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:58 AM – 10:25 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:25 AM – 11:52 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:52 AM – 01:19 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:19 PM – 02:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:46 PM – 04:13 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:13 PM – 05:40 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog05:40 PM – 07:13 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:13 PM – 08:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:46 PM – 10:19 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:19 PM – 11:52 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:52 PM – 01:25 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:25 AM – 02:58 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:58 AM – 04:31 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:31 AM – 06:04 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