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Panchang for Singapore — 17 December 2026

Shukla Ashtami tithi, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra · Thursday · (1.3521°, 103.8198°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)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 Singapore (1.3521°, 103.8198°)'s own sunrise — 06:59 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 01:56 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada · pada 3until 06:00 PMUgra nakshatra — Destruction, weapons, harsh deeds — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaSiddhiuntil 03:51 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 01:42 PMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:59 AM
Sunset07:02 PM
Moonrise01:02 PM
Moonset12:33 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:36 PM – 01:24 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:23 AM – 06:11 AM
Amrit Kalam10:34 AM – 12:15 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam02:30 PM – 04:01 PM
Gulika Kalam09:59 AM – 11:30 AM
Yamaganda06:59 AM – 08:29 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta02:12 PM – 03:01 PM
Durmuhurta05:25 PM – 06:13 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh06:59 AM – 08:29 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog08:29 AM – 09:59 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg09:59 AM – 11:30 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara11:30 AM – 01:00 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh01:00 PM – 02:30 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit02:30 PM – 04:01 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal04:01 PM – 05:31 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh05:31 PM – 07:02 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit07:02 PM – 08:31 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:31 PM – 10:01 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:01 PM – 11:30 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:30 PM – 01:00 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:00 AM – 02:30 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:30 AM – 03:59 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:59 AM – 05:29 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit05:29 AM – 06:59 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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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