Daily almanac · sunrise to sunrise
Panchang for Salem
The five limbs, the lights and every window worth timing — computed for this place, not reprinted from a national almanac.
Shukla Paksha, Ekadashi · Uttara Ashadha
Bhadrapada month of Shaka 1948. Sunrise 06:07, sunset 18:14. Tithi turns to Dwadashi at 21:44.
Rahu Kaal 15:12 – 16:43 — the hour and a half to leave alone
Moon tonight
Waxing, 78% lit
Makara rashi until 21:56, 23 Sept
01 · The day, hour by hour
The day, end to end
The Sun’s path that day, and which parts to time around
Daylight in eight parts
From sunrise to sunset is 12h 7m, and the tradition divides it into eight equal parts of 1h 31m. Three of them are the ones to leave alone — which three depends on the weekday.
- 106:07 – 07:37RogClear — the first open stretch after sunrise.Favourable
- 207:37 – 09:08UdvegClear — nothing traditionally objects to this part.Favourable
- 309:08 – 10:39ChalYamaganda — avoided for beginnings and travel.Avoid
- 410:39 – 12:10LabhClear — holds Abhijit muhurta, 11:46 – 12:34, the best window of the day.Favourable
- 512:10 – 13:41AmritGulika — avoided for anything meant to last.Avoid
- 613:41 – 15:12KaalClear — open again, once Gulika is over.Favourable
- 715:12 – 16:43ShubhRahu Kaal — the strongest of the three — no new undertakings.Avoid
- 816:43 – 18:14RogClear — open, up to sunset.Favourable
02 · Eight parts of the day
Choghadiya
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 31m against 1h 29m.
Sunrise to sunset
- 106:07 – 07:37Rog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 207:37 – 09:08Udveg — read as unsettled — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 309:08 – 10:39Chal — read as movement, and counted neutral.Neutral
- 410:39 – 12:10Labh — read as gain, and counted favourable.Favourable
- 512:10 – 13:41Amrit — read as nectar, the best of the eight.Favourable
- 613:41 – 15:12Kaal — read as time pressing — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 715:12 – 16:43Shubh — the name itself means favourable, and the table counts it that way.Favourable
- 816:43 – 18:14Rog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
Sunset to the next sunrise
- 118:14 – 19:43Kaal — read as time pressing — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 219:43 – 21:12Labh — read as gain, and counted favourable.Favourable
- 321:12 – 22:41Udveg — read as unsettled — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 422:41 – 00:10, 23 SeptShubh — the name itself means favourable, and the table counts it that way.Favourable
- 500:10 – 01:39, 23 SeptAmrit — read as nectar, the best of the eight.Favourable
- 601:39 – 03:08, 23 SeptChal — read as movement, and counted neutral.Neutral
- 703:08 – 04:37, 23 SeptRog — read as illness — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
- 804:37 – 06:07, 23 SeptKaal — read as time pressing — the tradition sets it aside.Avoided
03 · Rise and set
Sun and Moon
Sunrise
06:07
Sunset
18:14
Moonrise
15:15
Moonset
03:04
Day length
12h 7m
Night length
11h 53m
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
11 of 30
Shukla Paksha · Ekadashi
until 21:44
- RunningEkadashi20:01, 21 Sept → 21:44
- NextDwadashi21:44 → 22:51, 23 Sept
12° of separation between Sun and Moon. The lunar day.
Nakshatra
21 of 27 · pada 4
Uttara Ashadha
until 07:06
- RunningUttara Ashadha04:34, 21 Sept → 07:06
- NextShravana07:06 → 09:08, 23 Sept
The lunar mansion the Moon is crossing — 13°20′ of the zodiac.
Yoga
6 of 27
Atiganda
until 16:28
- RunningAtiganda16:04, 21 Sept → 16:28
- NextSukarma16:28 → 16:26, 23 Sept
Sun and Moon longitudes added, then divided the same way.
Karana
21 of 60
Vanija
until 08:56
- RunningVanija20:01, 21 Sept → 08:56
- NextVishti08:56 → 21:44
Half a tithi. Two of them fall in every lunar day.
Vara
Tuesday
Mangalavara
sunrise to sunrise
- RunningMangalavara06:07 → 06:07, 23 Sept
- NextBudhavara06:07, 23 Sept → 06:07, 24 Sept
The weekday, counted from sunrise rather than midnight.
Moon
Makara
until 21:56, 23 Sept · then Kumbha
The Moon covers a rashi in about two and a quarter days. This is the sign Vedic astrology treats as your primary one.
Sun
Kanya (Virgo)
until 19:43, 17 Oct · then Tula
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
Bhadrapada
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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