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Panchang for Rishikesh — 16 December 2026

Shukla Saptami tithi, Shatabhisha nakshatra · Wednesday · Uttarakhand (30.0869°, 78.2676°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Vrischika (Kartika)

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 Rishikesh (30.0869°, 78.2676°)'s own sunrise — 07:06 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 Saptamiuntil 10:46 PMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraShatabhisha · pada 3until 02:02 PMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaVajrauntil 01:46 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaGarauntil 10:08 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:06 AM
Sunset05:19 PM
Moonrise11:48 AM
Moonset11:43 PM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inScorpio
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Sharad

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:30 AM – 06:18 AM
Amrit Kalam07:21 AM – 09:05 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:12 PM – 01:29 PM
Gulika Kalam10:55 AM – 12:12 PM
Yamaganda08:22 AM – 09:39 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta11:52 AM – 12:32 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:49 AM – 10:30 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh07:06 AM – 08:22 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:22 AM – 09:39 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:39 AM – 10:55 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:55 AM – 12:12 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:12 PM – 01:29 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:29 PM – 02:45 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:45 PM – 04:02 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:02 PM – 05:19 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg05:19 PM – 07:02 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara07:02 PM – 08:45 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:45 PM – 10:29 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:29 PM – 12:12 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:12 AM – 01:55 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:55 AM – 03:39 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:39 AM – 05:22 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:22 AM – 07:06 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; 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