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Panchang for Rishikesh — 18 December 2026

Shukla Navami tithi, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Friday · Uttarakhand (30.0869°, 78.2676°)

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 Rishikesh (30.0869°, 78.2676°)'s own sunrise — 07:07 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

Sunrise07:07 AM
Sunset05:20 PM
Moonrise12:45 PM
Moonset12:40 AM
Moon inPisces
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:53 AM – 12:33 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:31 AM – 06:19 AM
Amrit Kalam12:24 PM – 02:02 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:56 AM – 12:13 PM
Gulika Kalam08:23 AM – 09:40 AM
Yamaganda02:46 PM – 04:03 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta11:12 AM – 11:53 AM
Durmuhurta01:55 PM – 02:36 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:07 AM – 08:23 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:23 AM – 09:40 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:40 AM – 10:56 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:56 AM – 12:13 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:13 PM – 01:30 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:30 PM – 02:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:46 PM – 04:03 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:03 PM – 05:20 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog05:20 PM – 07:03 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:03 PM – 08:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:46 PM – 10:30 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:30 PM – 12:13 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:13 AM – 01:56 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:56 AM – 03:40 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:40 AM – 05:23 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:23 AM – 07:07 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