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Panchang for Puri — 22 May 2026

Shukla Shashthi tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Friday · Odisha (19.8135°, 85.8312°)

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 Puri (19.8135°, 85.8312°)'s own sunrise — 05:09 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 Shashthiuntil 06:25 AMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 1until 02:08 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVriddhiuntil 08:18 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaTaitilauntil 06:25 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:09 AM
Sunset06:18 PM
Moonrise10:39 AM
Moonset11:45 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inTaurus
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:17 AM – 12:09 PM
Brahma Muhurta03:33 AM – 04:21 AM
Amrit Kalam11:43 PM – 01:17 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:04 AM – 11:43 AM
Gulika Kalam06:47 AM – 08:26 AM
Yamaganda03:00 PM – 04:39 PM
Varjyam02:23 PM – 03:56 PM
Durmuhurta10:24 AM – 11:17 AM
Durmuhurta01:55 PM – 02:47 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara05:09 AM – 06:47 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:47 AM – 08:26 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:26 AM – 10:04 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:04 AM – 11:43 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:43 AM – 01:22 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:22 PM – 03:00 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:00 PM – 04:39 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:39 PM – 06:18 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:18 PM – 07:39 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:39 PM – 09:00 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:00 PM – 10:22 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:22 PM – 11:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:43 PM – 01:04 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:04 AM – 02:26 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:26 AM – 03:47 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:47 AM – 05:09 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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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