panchanga/0.1 · computed 2026-08-16T12:02:26.628Z

Pañcāṅga

The five limbs of the Indian calendar, computed from Sun and Moon geometry for the present moment. Tithi and karaṇa follow from the Sun–Moon elongation; nakshatra and yoga additionally require a sidereal zero point, which is stated rather than assumed.

This page computes a calendar, not a verdict

“The tithi is Caturthī and the nakshatra is Hasta” is a statement about where the Sun and Moon are. It is arithmetic, and it is checkable. Whether such a moment is auspicious is a separate claim belonging to a named tradition, and it is not made here.

The Jyotiṣa tradition is registered in the tradition layer with no published muhūrta rules, because that layer refuses any rule lacking a verbatim passage from a rights-cleared edition. The arithmetic below is deliberately kept apart from interpretation so that neither borrows the other’s credibility.

Ayanāṁśa · lahiri · 24.224883°

Lahiri (Chitrapakṣa), anchored at J2000.0 and advanced by IAU 2006 general precession in longitude. Agrees with published tables to about an arcsecond over the modern era. A different ayanāṁśa shifts nakshatra and yoga, and leaves tithi and karaṇa unchanged.

Positions come from astronomy-engine (MIT), which derives from JPL ephemerides. Values within 0.05° of a division edge are flagged rather than asserted, since a small change in ayanāṁśa or instant would flip them.

Ujjain

India · traditional prime meridian

23.1765°, 75.7885° · sunrise 05:36 LMT · sunset 18:31 LMT

Tithi

Pañcamī

śukla · 5/30 · 2.8% elapsed

Nakshatra

Hasta

13/27 · 58.2% elapsed

Yoga

Sādhya

22/27 · 53.9% elapsed

Karaṇa

Bava

9/60 · 5.5% elapsed

Vāra

Ravivāra

sunrise to sunrise

Rāhu Kāla

16:54 LMT – 18:31 LMT (segment 8 of 8)

Sidereal longitudes

Sun 119.4281° · Moon 167.7608° · elongation 48.3327°

Chennai

India

13.0827°, 80.2707° · sunrise 05:47 LMT · sunset 18:20 LMT

Tithi

Pañcamī

śukla · 5/30 · 2.8% elapsed

Nakshatra

Hasta

13/27 · 58.2% elapsed

Yoga

Sādhya

22/27 · 53.9% elapsed

Karaṇa

Bava

9/60 · 5.5% elapsed

Vāra

Ravivāra

sunrise to sunrise

Rāhu Kāla

16:46 LMT – 18:20 LMT (segment 8 of 8)

Sidereal longitudes

Sun 119.4281° · Moon 167.7608° · elongation 48.3327°

London

United Kingdom

51.4769°, -0.0005° · sunrise 04:47 LMT · sunset 19:20 LMT

Tithi

Pañcamī

śukla · 5/30 · 2.8% elapsed

Nakshatra

Hasta

13/27 · 58.2% elapsed

Yoga

Sādhya

22/27 · 53.9% elapsed

Karaṇa

Bava

9/60 · 5.5% elapsed

Vāra

Ravivāra

sunrise to sunrise

Rāhu Kāla

17:31 LMT – 19:20 LMT (segment 8 of 8)

Sidereal longitudes

Sun 119.4281° · Moon 167.7608° · elongation 48.3327°

New York

United States

40.7128°, -74.0060° · sunrise 05:11 LMT · sunset 18:56 LMT

Tithi

Pañcamī

śukla · 5/30 · 2.8% elapsed

Nakshatra

Hasta

13/27 · 58.2% elapsed

Yoga

Sādhya

22/27 · 53.9% elapsed

Karaṇa

Bava

9/60 · 5.5% elapsed

Vāra

Ravivāra

sunrise to sunrise

Rāhu Kāla

17:13 LMT – 18:56 LMT (segment 8 of 8)

Sidereal longitudes

Sun 119.4281° · Moon 167.7608° · elongation 48.3327°

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