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Panchang for Vrindavan — 18 November 2026

Shukla Ashtami tithi, Shatabhisha nakshatra · Wednesday · Uttar Pradesh (27.5806°, 77.6961°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)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 Vrindavan (27.5806°, 77.6961°)'s own sunrise — 06:42 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 06:05 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraShatabhisha · pada 1until 06:10 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaDhruvauntil 08:05 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBavauntil 06:05 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:42 AM
Sunset05:27 PM
Moonrise01:20 PM
Moonset12:05 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inScorpio
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Sharad

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:06 AM – 05:54 AM
Amrit Kalam11:12 PM – 12:54 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:04 PM – 01:25 PM
Gulika Kalam10:43 AM – 12:04 PM
Yamaganda08:02 AM – 09:23 AM
Varjyam12:58 PM – 02:40 PM
Abhijit Muhurta11:43 AM – 12:26 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:34 AM – 10:17 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh06:42 AM – 08:02 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:02 AM – 09:23 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:23 AM – 10:43 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:43 AM – 12:04 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:04 PM – 01:25 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:25 PM – 02:45 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:45 PM – 04:06 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:06 PM – 05:27 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg05:27 PM – 07:06 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara07:06 PM – 08:45 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:45 PM – 10:25 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:25 PM – 12:04 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:04 AM – 01:43 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:43 AM – 03:23 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:23 AM – 05:02 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:02 AM – 06:42 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; 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