Hindu Panchang (Today’s Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga & Karana)
Today’s tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana with their end times — for any town.
The five limbs
Month, year and rashi
Sun and Moon
Traditional periods
Choghadiya
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About the Hindu Panchang (Today’s Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga & Karana)
Pick a town and a date to see that day’s panchang: the five limbs — vara (weekday), tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana — each with the moment it ends and the one that follows, plus the paksha, the lunar month in amanta and purnimanta reckoning (adhika months named), Vikram and Shaka Samvat, the Moon’s and the Sun’s rashi, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset, Rahu kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit muhurta and the day’s sixteen choghadiyas.
Everything is worked out on your device from the positions of the Sun and the Moon, with the conventions of the Rashtriya Panchang of the India Meteorological Department: the day runs from sunrise to sunrise, sunrise is the moment the Sun’s upper limb touches the horizon, and nakshatras and yogas use the variable Chitrapaksha (Lahiri) ayanamsa. The tool’s tests compare it with the Rashtriya Panchang’s published day-to-day values for its central station over a whole year, and the sunrises, sunsets and ending moments agree to the minute. It gives calendar facts and traditional periods only: no predictions and no muhurat advice.
How to use it
- Search for your town (about 5,000 places, including every Indian town of 15,000 people or more listed in GeoNames), or open Coordinates and time zone and type them. The place is remembered in this browser for the other panchang tools.
- Choose the date — it opens on today in the place’s time zone — and step through the days with the arrows.
- Pick Amanta (month ends at the new moon: Maharashtra, Gujarat, the south) or Purnimanta (month ends at the full moon: north India) for the month names, and a 24- or 12-hour clock.
- Read the five limbs: each line shows what is current at sunrise and when it ends; a second or third entry means it changed before the next sunrise. Times after midnight say “next day”.
- Use Copy panchang or Share to send the day’s summary, or Print it: the day fits two A4 or Letter pages.
Examples
Central station of the Rashtriya Panchang (23°11′ N, 82°30′ E), 22 May 2026
Adhika Jyeshtha · Shukla Shashthi until 06:25, then Shukla Saptami (kshaya) until 05:05 next day · Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · sunrise 05:16, sunset 18:37
The Rashtriya Panchang prints the same day as “(Mala Jyaishtha Sukla) Shashthi h. 6-25 then Saptami h. 29-05”. Saptami starts after sunrise and ends before the next one, so no day is named after it.
25 June 2026 — Ujjain and New York
Ujjain: sunrise 05:43, Shukla Ekadashi until 20:10 · New York: sunrise 05:26, Shukla Ekadashi until 10:40
A tithi ends at the same instant everywhere (20:10 IST is 10:40 in New York’s daylight-saving time); each town’s own sunrise decides which date carries it.
Tromsø, Norway, 21 June 2026
The Sun does not set: the tithi, nakshatra and other elements are listed from local midnight, and the sunrise-based periods are left out with an explanation.
How the panchang is calculated
- Tithi: the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. Thirty tithis make a lunar month: Shukla (waxing) Pratipada to Purnima, then Krishna (waning) Pratipada to Amavasya.
- Karana: half a tithi (6°). Seven movable karanas repeat from the second half of Shukla Pratipada; four fixed ones (Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga, Kimstughna) cover the last half of Krishna Chaturdashi to the first half of Shukla Pratipada. Vishti is also called Bhadra.
- Nakshatra: the Moon’s nirayana (sidereal) longitude in 27 parts of 13°20′, from Ashwini.
- Yoga: the sum of the Sun’s and the Moon’s nirayana longitudes in 27 parts of 13°20′, from Vishkambha.
- Nirayana longitude = apparent longitude − ayanamsa. The mean Chitrapaksha ayanamsa is 23°51′25.53″ + 5028.796195″T + 1.1054348″T² + 0.00007964″T³ − 0.00023857″T⁴ − 0.0000000383″T⁵ (T in Julian centuries from J2000), as the Rashtriya Panchang and the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris use it; the nutation in longitude is added for the true value.
- Sunrise and sunset: the upper limb of the Sun on the horizon with 31′ of refraction and a 16′ semi-diameter, so the Sun’s centre is 47′ below the horizon (Rashtriya Panchang: Explanation). Moonrise and moonset are for the Moon’s upper limb as seen from the place.
- Vara, tithi and the rest “of the day” are those current at the place’s sunrise; the Hindu day lasts until the next sunrise.
The Sun and Moon positions come from the open-source astronomy-engine library (VSOP87 and the Improved Lunar Ephemeris).
Lunar months: amanta, purnimanta and adhika
An amanta month runs from one new moon to the next and is named after the sidereal solar month in which its new moon falls: a new moon while the Sun is in Meena starts Chaitra, in Mesha Vaishakha, and so on — the rule the Rashtriya Panchang follows. When two new moons fall in the same solar month, the first month is adhika (also mala or purushottam) and the second nija (shuddha); when a solar month has no new moon, a name is skipped (a kshaya month, which happens only rarely).
The purnimanta reckoning of north India ends months at the full moon. Its Shukla paksha has the same name as the amanta month, while its Krishna paksha comes first and takes the next month’s name: amanta Shravana Krishna Ashtami (Janmashtami) is Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami in a north Indian calendar. An adhika month still runs from new moon to new moon in both reckonings.
Vikram Samvat and Shaka Samvat change on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (Gudi Padwa, Ugadi): Vikram = Shaka + 135. In Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan the Vikram year starts on Kartika Shukla Pratipada, the day after Diwali, so it is one less from Chaitra to Ashwin; the page shows both. The samvatsara name is the year of the sixty-year cycle as counted in south India from the Shaka year.
Kshaya and vriddhi tithis
A tithi lasts from about 19 to about 26 hours, so it does not always fit the sunrise-to-sunrise day. A kshaya (lost) tithi begins after one sunrise and ends before the next: no day is named after it, and the panchang lists it as a second entry with “kshaya”. A vriddhi (extended) tithi is current at two sunrises, so two days carry its name; the page says “all day and night” on the first and notes the second. The same happens with nakshatras and yogas.
Rahu kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and choghadiya
These traditional periods depend only on the day’s sunrise and sunset. The daytime is divided into eight equal parts: Rahu kalam is the 2nd part on Monday, 3rd Saturday, 4th Friday, 5th Wednesday, 6th Thursday, 7th Tuesday and 8th Sunday; Yamaganda and Gulika are the parts ruled by Jupiter and by Saturn when the parts go to the weekday lords in turn, starting with the lord of the day. Abhijit muhurta is the 8th of the 15 muhurtas of the daytime, around midday. Choghadiyas divide the day and the night into eight parts each. The Rahu kaal and choghadiya pages give a week at a time and a countdown. The names are shown as tradition, with no claim about their effect.
Sources
- India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: Rashtriya Panchang and its Explanation (sunrise rule, ayanamsa, amanta months), the reference for this tool’s tests; the IMD describes it as the standardized panchang for the country. The tests also use the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris of the same centre.
- D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the Sun and the Moon and the searches for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): town names, coordinates and time zones of the place search; the IANA time zone database in your browser for daylight saving time.
Limitations
- Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are geocentric: they end at the same instant everywhere and only the clock time changes with the time zone. Which date carries a tithi depends on the local sunrise, so places far apart can name a day differently.
- Sunrise and sunset are for a level horizon at sea level; hills and buildings change what you see by a few minutes.
- Printed panchangs of some traditions use other methods (for example the older Surya Siddhanta computations or another ayanamsa), so their times can differ by minutes or, near a boundary, name a day differently. Follow your temple or family tradition where it differs.
- Festival dates need their own rules (the part of the day a tithi must cover); the Hindu calendar lists them by month.
- Dates from 1900 to 2100 are supported.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser, and the page never asks for your device’s position. A town or coordinates you choose are remembered in this browser for the panchang tools; Reset forgets them. A link you share holds the date and the town or coordinates you chose.
Frequently asked questions
Which tithi is “today’s” tithi?
The one current at sunrise at your place (udaya tithi): the Hindu day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise. If the tithi changes later in the day, the panchang shows when, and what follows. Festivals can use other parts of the day — midday for Rama Navami, midnight for Maha Shivaratri — which the Hindu calendar applies.
Why does my printed panchang show a slightly different time?
Most differences are a minute or two and come from the sunrise definition, rounding, or the place the panchang was made for: tithi end times are the same everywhere in IST, but sunrise is not. Panchangs that use older (Surya Siddhanta) methods can differ by many minutes. This tool follows the Rashtriya Panchang’s conventions and agrees with its central-station values to the minute.
What do “kshaya” and “next day” mean on the page?
A kshaya tithi begins after sunrise and ends before the next sunrise, so no date is named after it. “Next day” marks a moment after midnight that still belongs to this Hindu day, which lasts until the next sunrise (printed panchangs write such times as 25:30, 26:15 …).
Should I choose amanta or purnimanta?
Use the one of your region: purnimanta (months end at the full moon) in north India — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi; amanta (months end at the new moon) in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and much of the south. The tithi and the dates are the same; only the month name of the Krishna paksha changes.
Which ayanamsa does it use?
The variable Chitrapaksha (Lahiri) ayanamsa of the Rashtriya Panchang, from the precession polynomial it publishes, with nutation added. The value for the day is shown under “Ayanamsa”.
Does it work outside India?
Yes. Times are given in the place’s own time zone, daylight saving included, and the day starts at the local sunrise — so a family in London or Toronto sees the tithi, Rahu kalam and choghadiya for their own town. Near the poles, where the Sun may not rise or set, the page explains it instead of giving sunrise periods.