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Panchang for Rajkot — 18 December 2026

Shukla Navami tithi, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Friday · Gujarat (22.3039°, 70.8022°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

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 Rajkot (22.3039°, 70.8022°)'s own sunrise — 07:20 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 Navamiuntil 11:14 PMRikta tithi — depleting; reserved for harsh or routine acts.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada · pada 3until 04:10 PMSthira nakshatra — Griha-pravesh, planting, coronation, long-term & permanent works.
YogaVyatipatauntil 12:19 PMMaha-pata yoga — strongly rejected for all auspicious works.
KaranaBalavauntil 11:27 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:20 AM
Sunset06:07 PM
Moonrise01:20 PM
Moonset01:08 AM
Moon inPisces
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:21 PM – 01:05 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:44 AM – 06:32 AM
Amrit Kalam12:37 PM – 02:15 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:22 AM – 12:43 PM
Gulika Kalam08:40 AM – 10:01 AM
Yamaganda03:25 PM – 04:46 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta11:38 AM – 12:21 PM
Durmuhurta02:31 PM – 03:14 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:20 AM – 08:40 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:40 AM – 10:01 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:01 AM – 11:22 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:22 AM – 12:43 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:43 PM – 02:04 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:04 PM – 03:25 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:25 PM – 04:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:46 PM – 06:07 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:07 PM – 07:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:46 PM – 09:25 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:25 PM – 11:04 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:04 PM – 12:43 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:43 AM – 02:22 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:22 AM – 04:01 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:01 AM – 05:40 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:40 AM – 07:20 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