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Panchang for Prayagraj — 18 August 2026
Shukla Shashthi tithi, Swati nakshatra · Tuesday ·
Uttar Pradesh (25.4358°, 81.8463°)
Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Shravana (amanta month)Saura month Simha (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 Prayagraj (25.4358°, 81.8463°)'s own sunrise — 05:37 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 |
|---|
| Tithi | Shukla Shashthi | until 05:51 PM | Nanda tithi — auspicious and supportive. |
| Weekday | Tuesday | — | Courage, surgery, property, disputes — avoid auspicious starts. |
| Nakshatra | Swati · pada 1 | until 06:47 AM | Chara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works. |
| Yoga | Shukla | until 03:23 AM | Auspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works. |
| Karana | Taitila | until 05:51 PM | Movable karana — generally workable for most activities. |
What the quality words mean
- Favourable — the texts call this limb supportive
- Mixed — neither specially supportive nor rejected
- Inauspicious — rejected for auspicious undertakings
Sun & Moon
| Sunrise | 05:37 AM |
| Sunset | 06:36 PM |
| Moonrise | 10:55 AM |
| Moonset | 09:54 PM |
| Moon in | Libra |
| Sun in | Leo |
| Ayana · Ritu (season) | Dakshinayana · Varsha |
Auspicious windows
| Abhijit Muhurta | 11:40 AM – 12:32 PM |
| Brahma Muhurta | 04:09 AM – 04:53 AM |
| Amrit Kalam | 09:19 PM – 11:02 PM |
Inauspicious — avoid
| Rahu Kalam | 03:21 PM – 04:58 PM |
| Gulika Kalam | 12:06 PM – 01:43 PM |
| Yamaganda | 08:51 AM – 10:29 AM |
| Varjyam | 11:00 AM – 12:43 PM |
| Durmuhurta | 08:13 AM – 09:05 AM |
| Durmuhurta | 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM |
Day Choghadiya
| | |
|---|
| Rog | 05:37 AM – 07:14 AM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Udveg | 07:14 AM – 08:51 AM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Chara | 08:51 AM – 10:29 AM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Laabh | 10:29 AM – 12:06 PM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Amrit | 12:06 PM – 01:43 PM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Kaal | 01:43 PM – 03:21 PM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 03:21 PM – 04:58 PM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Rog | 04:58 PM – 06:36 PM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
Night Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 PM – 07:58 PM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Laabh | 07:58 PM – 09:21 PM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Udveg | 09:21 PM – 10:44 PM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 10:44 PM – 12:07 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Amrit | 12:07 AM – 01:29 AM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Chara | 01:29 AM – 02:52 AM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Rog | 02:52 AM – 04:15 AM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Kaal | 04:15 AM – 05:38 AM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; 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)
❖ T2 Durmuhurta — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.52 (ravav aryama brahmarakshash ca some kuje vahnipitrye budhe cabhijit syat; gurau toyarakshau bhrigau brahmapitrye shanav ishasarpau muhurta nishiddhah), the slots numbered from the day-muhurta list v.50 and the night list v.51; Tuesday's Vahni is the night muhurta (the day list holds only the joint Indragni)
❖ T2 Visha (Varjyam) ghatis per nakshatra — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana vv.47–49, scaled to the nakshatra's true span (nakshatrabhogena nighnah shashtya bhajitah sphutah, v.49); Prasna Marga's table differs in Ardra, Hasta and Mula
❖ T2 Ravi yoga — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana v.27: the Moon's nakshatra 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's (doshasanghavinashakah); windowed at the nakshatra boundaries of either body
❖ T2 Bhadra (Vishti karana) and her abode — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana vv.43–45: which tithi-halves are Vishti; Moon in Kumbha/Mina/Karka/Simha = the mortal world (harmful), Mesha/Vrisha/Mithuna/Vrishchika = Svarga, Kanya/Tula/Dhanu/Makara = Patala (yatra bhadra tatraiva tatphalam)
❖ T2 Pancha-bana — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.71 (the Prachya rule, Kashyapa quoted): the Sun's whole degrees in its sign + 6, 3, 1, 8, 4, each divided by 9, a remainder of 5 marks Roga, Agni, Raja, Chora, Mrityu; parihara v.72
❖ T2 Agni-vasa — Muhurta Chintamani, Nakshatra-prakarana v.36: tithi + vara + 1 divided by four; remainder 0 or 3 Prithvi, 1 Akasha, 2 Patala
❖ T2 Sandhya = three nadi reckoned from the Sun's half-disc, before rising and after setting — Muhurta Chintamani, Sankranti-prakarana v.7; taken as three proportional night-ghatis (night/30 each) following DrikPanchang's convention. Godhuli width (one night-ghati after sunset), Vijaya (the 11th day-muhurta) and Nishita (the middle night-muhurta; nishitha = ardharatra) are stated conventions, not verses
❖ T3 Chandra-vasa (by the Moon's rashi), Rahu-vasa (by weekday) and Shiva-vasa ((2×tithi + 5) mod 7) — pancanga conventions verified against 30 published tithi-days; no verse for them in our library, so they are not cited to one