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Panchang for Pune — 26 January 2026

Shukla Ashtami tithi, Ashwini nakshatra · Monday · Maharashtra (18.5204°, 73.8567°)

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

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 Pune (18.5204°, 73.8567°)'s own sunrise — 07:09 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 Ashtamiuntil 09:18 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraAshwini · pada 3until 12:33 PMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaSadhyauntil 09:11 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 10:17 AMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:09 AM
Sunset06:25 PM
Moonrise12:05 PM
Moonset12:18 AM
Moon inAries
Sun inCapricorn
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:33 AM – 06:21 AM
Amrit Kalam06:51 AM – 08:22 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam08:33 AM – 09:58 AM
Gulika Kalam02:11 PM – 03:36 PM
Yamaganda11:22 AM – 12:47 PM
Varjyam09:53 AM – 11:25 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:24 PM – 01:09 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta03:24 PM – 04:09 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit07:09 AM – 08:33 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:33 AM – 09:58 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:58 AM – 11:22 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:22 AM – 12:47 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:47 PM – 02:11 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:11 PM – 03:36 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:36 PM – 05:00 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit05:00 PM – 06:25 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara06:25 PM – 08:00 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:00 PM – 09:36 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:36 PM – 11:11 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:11 PM – 12:47 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:47 AM – 02:22 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:22 AM – 03:58 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:58 AM – 05:33 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara05:33 AM – 07:09 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