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Panchang for Tokyo

The five limbs, the lights and every window worth timing — computed for this place, not reprinted from a national almanac.

Place and date

Place
Tokyo
Date
23 October 2026

Friday, 23 October 2026 · Tokyo, Tokyo

Shukla Paksha, Dwadashi · Purva Bhadrapada

Ashwin month of Shaka 1948. Sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 4:56 PM. Tithi turns to Trayodashi at 6:06 PM.

Rahu Kaal 10:03 AM – 11:25 AM — the hour and a half to leave alone

Abhijit:11:03 AM – 11:47 AM
Brahma:4:11 AM – 5:03 AM
Yamaganda:2:11 PM – 3:34 PM

Moon tonight

Waxing, 87% lit

Ashwin Sud Dwadashi

Kumbha rashi until 6:33 PM

01 · The day, hour by hour

The day, end to end

The Sun is below the horizon now — its path today, and which parts to time around

Daylight in eight parts

From sunrise to sunset is 11h 2m, and the tradition divides it into eight equal parts of 1h 23m. Three of them are the ones to leave alone — which three depends on the weekday.

  • 15:54 AM – 7:17 AMChalClear — open, and the practical slot left today.Favourable
  • 27:17 AM – 8:40 AMLabhGulika — avoided for anything meant to last.Choghadiya rates this stretch Labh, which is favourable. It also falls in Gulika, and that is why this row says avoid.Avoid
  • 38:40 AM – 10:03 AMAmritClear — the last open stretch of the morning.Favourable
  • 410:03 AM – 11:25 AMKaalRahu Kaal — the strongest of the three — no new undertakings.Avoid
  • 511:25 AM – 12:48 PMShubhClear — open again, once Rahu Kaal is over.Favourable
  • 612:48 PM – 2:11 PMRogClear — nothing traditionally objects to this part.Choghadiya rates this stretch Rog, one it counts as a time to avoid. This row follows the eight parts of the day instead, and none of Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika falls here.Favourable
  • 72:11 PM – 3:34 PMUdvegYamaganda — avoided for beginnings and travel.Avoid
  • 83:34 PM – 4:56 PMChalClear — open, up to sunset.Favourable

02 · Eight parts of the day

Choghadiya

Why the windows fall where they do →

Daylight is divided into eight and night into eight, separately. The two are rarely the same length. So a day window and a night window on the same date usually differ — here 1h 23m against 1h 37m.

Sunrise to sunset

  • 15:54 AM – 7:17 AMChal — read as movement, and counted neutral.Neutral
  • 27:17 AM – 8:40 AMLabh — read as gain, and counted favourable.Favourable
  • 38:40 AM – 10:03 AMAmrit — read as nectar, the best of the eight.Favourable
  • 410:03 AM – 11:25 AMKaal — read as time pressing — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 511:25 AM – 12:48 PMShubh — the name itself means favourable, and the table counts it that way.Favourable
  • 612:48 PM – 2:11 PMRog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 72:11 PM – 3:34 PMUdveg — read as unsettled — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 83:34 PM – 4:56 PMChal — read as movement, and counted neutral.Neutral

Sunset to the next sunrise

  • 14:56 PM – 6:34 PMRog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 26:34 PM – 8:11 PMKaal — read as time pressing — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 38:11 PM – 9:48 PMLabh — read as gain, and counted favourable.Favourable
  • 49:48 PM – 11:26 PMUdveg — read as unsettled — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
  • 511:26 PM – 1:03 AM, 24 OctShubh — the name itself means favourable, and the table counts it that way.Favourable
  • 61:03 AM – 2:41 AM, 24 OctAmrit — read as nectar, the best of the eight.Favourable
  • 72:41 AM – 4:18 AM, 24 OctChal — read as movement, and counted neutral.Neutral
  • 84:18 AM – 5:55 AM, 24 OctRog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided

03 · Rise and set

Sun and Moon

Sunrise

5:54 AM

Sunset

4:56 PM

Moonrise

3:07 PM

Moonset

3:31 AM

Day length

11h 2m

Night length

12h 59m

04 · Tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, vara

The five limbs

Panchang means five limbs. Each one is a division of the sky that ends at a computed moment. The bar shows how much of the current one has already run.

  • Tithi

    12 of 30

    Shukla Paksha · Dwadashi

    until 6:06 PM

    • RunningDwadashi6:18 PM, 22 Oct → 6:06 PM
    • NextTrayodashi6:06 PM → 5:07 PM, 24 Oct

    12° of separation between Sun and Moon. The lunar day.

  • Nakshatra

    25 of 27 · pada 1

    Purva Bhadrapada

    until 12:32 AM, 24 Oct

    • RunningPurva Bhadrapada12:18 AM → 12:32 AM, 24 Oct
    • NextUttara Bhadrapada12:32 AM, 24 Oct → 12:02 AM, 25 Oct

    The lunar mansion the Moon is crossing — 13°20′ of the zodiac.

  • Yoga

    12 of 27

    Dhruva

    until 1:37 AM, 24 Oct

    • RunningDhruva3:08 AM → 1:37 AM, 24 Oct
    • NextVyaghata1:37 AM, 24 Oct → 11:30 PM, 24 Oct

    Sun and Moon longitudes added, then divided the same way.

  • Karana

    23 of 60

    Bava

    until 6:18 AM

    • RunningBava6:18 PM, 22 Oct → 6:18 AM
    • NextBalava6:18 AM → 6:06 PM

    Half a tithi. Two of them fall in every lunar day.

  • Vara

    Friday

    Shukravara

    sunrise to sunrise

    • RunningShukravara5:54 AM → 5:54 AM, 24 Oct
    • NextShanivara5:54 AM, 24 Oct → 5:54 AM, 25 Oct

    The weekday, counted from sunrise rather than midnight.

Moon

Kumbha

until 6:33 PM · then Meena

The Moon covers a rashi in about two and a quarter days. This is the sign Vedic astrology treats as your primary one.

Sun

Tula (Libra)

until 11:04 PM, 16 Nov · then Vrishchika

The Sun changes sign once a month, at sankranti. That crossing is what names the lunar month.

05 · The Hindu calendar date

The Vedic date

Lunar month

Ashwin

Amanta · new moon to new moon

Paksha

Shukla Paksha

Waxing half

Ritu

Sharad

autumn

Ayana

Dakshinayana

Sun moving south

Vikram Samvat

2083

Northern reckoning

Shaka Samvat

1948

The national era

Why is the panchang different for each city?

Tithi, nakshatra and yoga depend only on the instant, so their end times are the same worldwide. Everything anchored to sunrise is not. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, and sunrise depends on latitude and longitude. Two cities can sit on different tithis at the same clock time, and their Rahu Kaal will differ by more than an hour. A panchang without a place is not really a panchang.

Not reprinted from an almanac

Every figure on this page was computed for this date and these coordinates from an ephemeris, then checked against JPL Horizons. A printed panchang rounds to the nearest minute for a whole region. This one resolves to the second for one point. So small disagreements with a paper almanac are expected, and ours is the one you can check.

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