The five limbs of each day, its festivals and vrats, the windows the tradition avoids, and the one it favours — computed from the actual positions of the Sun and Moon over this place, with every transition time found rather than estimated.
The next seven days
Sunday today
8 November
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja
Amavasya is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Narak Chaturdashi · Choti Diwali
Krishna Chaturdashi is in force at dawn (arunodaya, before sunrise) on this day.
Darsha Amavasya
Tithi
Chaturdashiuntil 11:43 · then Amavasya
Nakshatra
Swatiuntil 07:39 (9 Nov)
Yoga
Ayushmanuntil 03:18 (9 Nov) · then Saubhagya
Karana
Shakuniuntil 11:43 · then Chatushpada until 00:12 (9 Nov) · then Naga
Nagauntil 12:47 · then Kimstughna until 01:28 (10 Nov) · then Bava
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
17:14
Moonrise
07:13
Moonset
16:59
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:25 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal07:42 – 09:03
Yamaganda10:25 – 11:47
Gulika Kaal13:09 – 14:30
krishna paksha
Tuesday
10 November
Govardhan Puja
Shukla Pratipada is in force at sunrise on this day.
Tithi
Pratipadauntil 14:15 · then Dvitiya
Nakshatra
Vishakhauntil 09:34 · then Anuradha
Yoga
Shobhanauntil 03:24 (11 Nov) · then Atiganda
Karana
Bavauntil 14:15 · then Balava until 03:09 (11 Nov) · then Kaulava
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
17:13
Moonrise
07:13
Moonset
17:40
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:25 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal14:30 – 15:52
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:25
Gulika Kaal11:47 – 13:09
shukla paksha
Wednesday
11 November
Bhai Dooj
Shukla Dvitiya is in force in the afternoon (aparahna) on two days, for longer on this one.
Tithi
Dvitiyauntil 16:08 · then Tritiya
Nakshatra
Anuradhauntil 11:53 · then Jyeshtha
Yoga
Atigandauntil 03:55 (12 Nov) · then Sukarma
Karana
Kaulavauntil 16:08 · then Taitila until 05:14 (12 Nov) · then Gara
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
17:13
Moonrise
08:10
Moonset
18:26
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:25 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal11:47 – 13:08
Yamaganda07:43 – 09:04
Gulika Kaal10:26 – 11:47
shukla paksha
Atiganda yoga: classically inauspicious
Thursday
12 November
Tithi
Tritiyauntil 18:24 · then Chaturthi
Nakshatra
Jyeshthauntil 14:34 · then Mula
Yoga
Sukarmauntil 04:41 (13 Nov) · then Dhriti
Karana
Garauntil 18:24 · then Vanija
Sunrise
06:22
Sunset
17:12
Moonrise
09:05
Moonset
19:16
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:25 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal13:08 – 14:30
Yamaganda06:22 – 07:43
Gulika Kaal09:05 – 10:26
shukla paksha
Friday
13 November
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Tithi
Chaturthiuntil 20:58 · then Panchami
Nakshatra
Mulauntil 17:32 · then Purva Ashadha
Yoga
Dhritiuntil 05:37 (14 Nov) · then Shula
Karana
Vanijauntil 07:39 · then Vishti until 20:58 · then Bava
Sunrise
06:23
Sunset
17:12
Moonrise
09:55
Moonset
20:10
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:26 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal10:26 – 11:47
Yamaganda14:30 – 15:51
Gulika Kaal07:44 – 09:05
shukla paksha
Saturday
14 November
Tithi
Panchamiuntil 23:39 · then Shashthi
Nakshatra
Purva Ashadhauntil 20:39 · then Uttara Ashadha
Yoga
Shulauntil 06:37 (15 Nov)
Karana
Bavauntil 10:18 · then Balava until 23:39 · then Kaulava
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
17:11
Moonrise
10:40
Moonset
21:05
Favoured
Abhijit Muhurta11:26 – 12:09
Classically avoided
Rahu Kaal09:06 – 10:26
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:29
Gulika Kaal06:24 – 07:45
shukla paksha
Shula yoga: classically inauspicious
Festivals and vrats, the next two months
Dated for Kathmandu, Nepal. A tithi runs 19 to 26 hours and begins at any hour, so most touch two days. Each observance names the part of the day its tithi must hold — Diwali the evening after sunset, Janmashtami midnight, Karwa Chauth moonrise — and it falls on the day that holds it. Every entry says which.
Festivals
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja
Amavasya: 8 Nov, 11:43 to 9 Nov, 12:47
Amavasya is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Narak Chaturdashi · Choti Diwali
Krishna Chaturdashi: 7 Nov, 11:03 to 8 Nov, 11:43
Krishna Chaturdashi is in force at dawn (arunodaya, before sunrise) on this day.
Govardhan Puja
Shukla Pratipada: 9 Nov, 12:47 to 10 Nov, 14:15
Shukla Pratipada is in force at sunrise on this day.
Bhai Dooj
Shukla Dvitiya: 10 Nov, 14:15 to 11 Nov, 16:08
Shukla Dvitiya is in force in the afternoon (aparahna) on two days, for longer on this one.
Chhath Puja
Shukla Shashthi: 14 Nov, 23:39 to 16 Nov, 02:16
Shukla Shashthi is in force at sunset on this day.
Vrishchika Sankranti
The Sun enters Vrishchika at 19:58 on this day.
Kansa Vadh
Shukla Dashami: 19 Nov, 07:21 to 20 Nov, 07:31
Shukla Dashami is in force at sunrise on this day.
Tulasi Vivah
Shukla Dvadashi: 21 Nov, 06:47 to 22 Nov, 05:12
This time Shukla Dvadashi is not in force at sunrise on any day, so it is kept on the day it begins.
Kartika Purnima
Purnima: 23 Nov, 23:57 to 24 Nov, 20:38
Purnima is in force at sunrise on this day.
Kalabhairav Jayanti
Krishna Ashtami: 1 Dec, 00:27 to 1 Dec, 23:29
Krishna Ashtami is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Vivah Panchami
Shukla Panchami: 13 Dec, 17:03 to 14 Dec, 19:31
Shukla Panchami is in force at sunrise on this day.
Dhanu Sankranti
The Sun enters Dhanu at 10:40 on this day.
Gita Jayanti
Shukla Ekadashi: 19 Dec, 22:24 to 20 Dec, 20:30
Shukla Ekadashi is in force at sunrise on this day.
Dattatreya Jayanti
Purnima: 23 Dec, 11:02 to 24 Dec, 07:13
Purnima is in force at sunrise on this day.
Monthly vrats
Darsha Amavasya
Amavasya: 8 Nov, 11:43 to 9 Nov, 12:47
Amavasya is in force in the afternoon (aparahna) on this day.
Kartika Amavasya
Amavasya: 8 Nov, 11:43 to 9 Nov, 12:47
Amavasya is in force at sunrise on this day.
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Shukla Chaturthi: 12 Nov, 18:24 to 13 Nov, 20:58
Shukla Chaturthi is in force at midday (madhyahna) on this day.
Devutthana Ekadashi
Shukla Ekadashi: 20 Nov, 07:31 to 21 Nov, 06:47
The next day is trisparsha (Ekadashi, Dwadashi and Trayodashi all touch it), so the fast is kept the day before.
Ravi Pradosh Vrat
Shukla Trayodashi: 22 Nov, 05:12 to 23 Nov, 02:52
Shukla Trayodashi is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Kartika Purnima Vrat
Purnima: 23 Nov, 23:57 to 24 Nov, 20:38
Purnima is in force in the afternoon (aparahna) on this day.
Sankashti Chaturthi
Krishna Chaturthi: 27 Nov, 10:04 to 28 Nov, 06:55
Krishna Chaturthi is in force at moonrise on this day.
Utpanna Ekadashi
Krishna Ekadashi: 3 Dec, 23:19 to 5 Dec, 00:00
Ekadashi is in force at sunrise on this day.
Ravi Pradosh Vrat
Krishna Trayodashi: 6 Dec, 01:07 to 7 Dec, 02:37
Krishna Trayodashi is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Masik Shivaratri
Krishna Chaturdashi: 7 Dec, 02:37 to 8 Dec, 04:28
Krishna Chaturdashi is in force at midnight (nishita) on this day.
Margashirsha Amavasya
Amavasya: 8 Dec, 04:28 to 9 Dec, 06:36
Amavasya is in force at sunrise on this day.
Vinayaka Chaturthi
Shukla Chaturthi: 12 Dec, 14:21 to 13 Dec, 17:03
Shukla Chaturthi is in force at midday (madhyahna) on this day.
Mokshada Ekadashi
Shukla Ekadashi: 19 Dec, 22:24 to 20 Dec, 20:30
Ekadashi is in force at sunrise on this day.
Soma Pradosh Vrat
Shukla Trayodashi: 21 Dec, 17:51 to 22 Dec, 14:39
Shukla Trayodashi is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on this day.
Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Purnima: 23 Dec, 11:02 to 24 Dec, 07:13
Purnima is in force in the afternoon (aparahna) on this day.
Margashirsha Purnima
Purnima: 23 Dec, 11:02 to 24 Dec, 07:13
Purnima is in force at sunrise on this day.
Sankashti Chaturthi
Krishna Chaturthi: 26 Dec, 20:20 to 27 Dec, 17:28
This time Krishna Chaturthi is not in force at moonrise on any day, so it is kept on the day it ends.
Saphala Ekadashi
Krishna Ekadashi: 2 Jan, 14:39 to 3 Jan, 16:23
Ekadashi is in force at sunrise on this day.
Masik Shivaratri
Krishna Chaturdashi: 5 Jan, 20:55 to 6 Jan, 23:29
Krishna Chaturdashi is in force at midnight (nishita) on this day.
Bhauma Pradosh Vrat
Krishna Trayodashi: 4 Jan, 18:31 to 5 Jan, 20:55
Krishna Trayodashi is in force in the evening after sunset (pradosh) on two days, for longer on this one.
Festival dates follow the rules DrikPanchang follows, and were checked against its calendar for New Delhi: every festival and vrat of 2026 and 2027, and twelve major festivals in every year from 2021 to 2031. Where a festival could fall on two days, the reason printed beside it is the rule that decided. Regional calendars that count the month differently, or follow the Vaishnava reckoning, can keep some on the other day.
There is no score. You will not find a day marked 82% auspicious here, or a green tick, or the week ranked best to worst. The classical literature gives factors — the tithi, the nakshatra, the yoga, the karana and the weekday — and it does not give a formula for weighing them against each other. Every score you have seen elsewhere is somebody’s opinion presented as arithmetic.
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal are the windows classical practice avoids for beginning something. They are derived from sunrise and sunset, so they move through the year and differ by city — which is why this page asks where you are.
Abhijit Muhurta is the eighth of the fifteen daytime muhurtas, around solar noon, and is the window most widely treated as favourable for starting something.
Where a day’s own tithi or yoga carries a classical caution, it is printed as the tradition’s note, not as our judgement. Nothing on this page predicts what will happen on any day.
Five limbs of the day, which is what the word means: the tithi, the nakshatra, the yoga, the karana and the vara. Each is computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon over a particular place, so a panchang is always for somewhere, and the transitions between them are found rather than estimated.
What is Rahu Kaal, and do I have to avoid it?
A window of roughly ninety minutes each day, calculated from sunrise and the weekday. The tradition avoids starting something new and auspicious in it, and routine work carries on as usual. It is shown here because it is asked for, with the rule that produced it, and not as a warning about your day.
What is Abhijit Muhurta?
The window around local noon, centred on the Sun's highest point, which the tradition treats as generally favourable and which this page shows alongside the avoided windows rather than after them. It does not apply on every day, and where a rule rules it out the page says which rule.
Why is there no score for the day?
Because the classical literature gives factors and does not give a formula for weighing them against each other. A percentage or a green tick is therefore somebody's invention presented as a reading. The five limbs and the windows are shown, and what to make of them is left where the tradition leaves it.
Why does this panchang differ from my local calendar?
Usually one of three reasons. A tithi belongs to a moment, not a day, so two calendars can assign it differently when it changes near sunrise. The month is counted from the new moon in some regions and the full moon in others. And the place matters, because sunrise does. The place and the reckoning used are both stated on the page.
How are festival dates decided?
By the tithi, and by the part of the day it has to hold. Diwali needs Amavasya in the evening after sunset, Janmashtami needs Ashtami at midnight and prefers Rohini nakshatra, Karwa Chauth needs Chaturthi at moonrise, and Raksha Bandhan needs Purnima to last three muhurtas past sunrise. When the tithi holds that part of two days, or of neither, the classical tie-break decides, and every date on this page says which rule chose it.