Aaj Ka Panchang
Today's Panchang
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 (IST) · New Delhi, India · computed from real planetary positions, refreshed hourly
Tithi
Krishna Ashtami
65% remaining
Vaara
Mangalvar (Tuesday)
Ruled by Mars
Yoga
Atiganda
Sun–Moon combination
Karana
Balava
Half-tithi
Chandra Rasi
Meena (Pisces)
Moon's sidereal sign · Sun in Mithuna (Gemini)
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
7:23 PM
Inauspicious & auspicious timings
Rahu Kalam
3:54 PM – 5:38 PM
Avoid starting new ventures
Yamaganda
8:57 AM – 10:42 AM
Traditionally avoided for beginnings
Gulikai Kalam
12:26 PM – 2:10 PM
Saturn’s inauspicious window
Abhijit Muhurat
12:02 PM – 12:50 PM
Auspicious for almost all work
What is a panchang, and how do you read one?
The panchang is the working calendar of Vedic astrology, in continuous daily use across India for well over a thousand years. The word means five limbs, and those five limbs are exactly what the cards above show: the tithi (lunar day), the vaara (weekday and its ruling planet), the nakshatra (the star the Moon occupies), the yoga (a Sun and Moon combination), and the karana (half of a tithi). Every traditional decision, from weddings and housewarmings to business launches and travel, is timed against them.
A tithi is not a solar day: it is the time the Moon takes to move 12 degrees ahead of the Sun, which is why tithis stretch and shrink and why the percentage remaining is shown above. Thirty tithis make one lunar month: fifteen bright ones in the waxing Shukla Paksha ending at Purnima, the full moon, and fifteen dark ones in the waning Krishna Paksha ending at Amavasya, the new moon. Western readers will recognise the same rhythm from our moon phases guide: waxing to build, waning to release.
Today's nakshatra and what it colours
The Moon spends about a day in each of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions that are the oldest layer of Indian astrology. Today the Moon rides through Revati, ruled by Mercury and presided over by Pushan. The day's nakshatra is traditionally read as the emotional weather everyone shares, and it is the single most important element when choosing a muhurat, an auspicious moment. Explore all 27 in our nakshatra library, and find your own birth star with the free birth chart calculator, which supports the Vedic sidereal zodiac used throughout this page.
How to use Rahu Kalam sensibly
Rahu Kalam is the day's most-checked window: roughly ninety minutes, at a different time each weekday, ruled by the shadow planet Rahu. Tradition postpones beginnings during it: signing, launching, departing, proposing. It does not ask you to stop working, and ongoing tasks are unaffected. Yamaganda and Gulikai are its quieter cousins, and Abhijit Muhurat, centred on solar noon, is the daily counterweight: a window in which almost any work is considered well-timed. Treat these the way our Mercury retrograde guide treats retrogrades: as a scheduling tradition whose real gift is making you time your important moves deliberately instead of accidentally.
Timings above are for New Delhi and shift by a few minutes in other cities as sunrise shifts. For marriage matching by the same classical system, try the free Kundli Matching calculator, and for the western view of today's sky, your daily horoscope is one click away.
Panchang FAQs
- What is a panchang?
- A panchang is the traditional Hindu almanac. The name means five limbs: tithi (lunar day), vaara (weekday), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga (a Sun–Moon combination), and karana (half of a tithi). Together they describe the astrological quality of any given day.
- What is Rahu Kalam and why avoid it?
- Rahu Kalam is a roughly 90-minute window each day, ruled by the shadow planet Rahu, that tradition considers inauspicious for beginning new ventures: launches, journeys, purchases, or ceremonies. Routine work continues normally; only new beginnings are traditionally postponed.
- What is today’s tithi?
- The tithi shown on this page is computed live from the angular distance between the Moon and the Sun: each 12 degrees of separation is one tithi, giving 30 tithis per lunar month across the bright (Shukla) and dark (Krishna) fortnights.
- What is Abhijit Muhurat?
- Abhijit Muhurat is the roughly 48-minute window centred on local solar noon, traditionally considered auspicious for starting almost any important work: a daily free pass when other muhurats are unavailable.
- Which location is this panchang calculated for?
- Timings on this page are calculated for New Delhi, India (IST). The five limbs: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, and karana: are the same across India at any given moment; only sunrise-linked windows like Rahu Kalam shift a few minutes by city.
- What is a tithi and how is it different from a date?
- A tithi is a lunar day: the time the Moon takes to move 12 degrees ahead of the Sun, which varies between roughly 19 and 26 hours. Because tithis stretch and shrink, a tithi can begin and end at any clock time, occasionally skipping or repeating against the civil calendar.
- What is Shukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha?
- Shukla Paksha is the bright fortnight: the 15 tithis from new moon to full moon while the Moon waxes. Krishna Paksha is the dark fortnight from full moon back to new moon. Auspicious beginnings are traditionally favoured in Shukla Paksha, and completion work in Krishna Paksha.
- What is a nakshatra in the panchang?
- The panchang’s nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon currently occupies, one of 27 divisions of 13 degrees 20 minutes each. The Moon spends about a day in each, and the day’s nakshatra is the single most weighted element when selecting a muhurat.
- What are yoga and karana used for?
- Yoga, computed from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon, classifies the day into 27 qualities from auspicious (like Siddhi) to challenging (like Vyatipata). A karana is half a tithi, eleven in rotation, consulted mainly for starting journeys and transactions; Vishti (Bhadra) karana is the one tradition avoids.
- Is Rahu Kalam the same time every day?
- No. It occupies a different eighth of the daylight hours each weekday: roughly 7:30 to 9 AM on Monday, 3 to 4:30 PM on Tuesday, 12 to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, 1:30 to 3 PM on Thursday, 10:30 AM to 12 on Friday, 9 to 10:30 AM on Saturday, and 4:30 to 6 PM on Sunday, shifting with local sunrise and sunset.
- What is Yamaganda and Gulikai?
- Yamaganda and Gulikai are two further inauspicious windows, ruled respectively by Yama’s influence and by Gulika, Saturn’s portion. Like Rahu Kalam they occupy one eighth of the day, at weekday-specific positions, and tradition avoids beginning important work within them.
- What can I start during Abhijit Muhurat?
- Almost anything: travel, purchases, applications, launches, and ceremonies are all traditionally favoured in the 48 minutes around solar noon. The classical exception is marriage, which requires its own elaborately chosen muhurat, and some traditions also set Abhijit aside on Wednesdays.
- Does the panchang change by city?
- The five limbs (tithi, vaara, nakshatra, yoga, karana) are the same across a time zone at any moment, since they follow the actual Sun and Moon. Sunrise-linked windows like Rahu Kalam shift by minutes between cities; this page uses New Delhi sunrise and sunset.
- What is a muhurat?
- A muhurat is a deliberately chosen auspicious time for beginning something important, selected by weighing the day’s tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, and weekday together, then avoiding the inauspicious windows. The panchang is the raw data from which muhurats are chosen.
- How is this panchang calculated?
- From real planetary positions: the Moshier astronomical ephemeris supplies the Sun and Moon longitudes, the Lahiri ayanamsa converts them to the sidereal zodiac for the nakshatra, and standard formulas derive the tithi, yoga, karana, sunrise, sunset, and the daily windows. The page refreshes every hour.