Panchang & Muhurat

Panchang is the Hindu calendar with five angas: Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Vaar. The daily calendar also shows the lunar month, samvat, season, Sun and Moon signs, and auspicious and inauspicious time windows.

The daily Panchang shows the angas prevailing at sunrise on your selected date. The Vedic Clock always shows the current time, Hora and Choghadiya for your selected city. Choosing a past or future calendar date does not change the live clock.

Abhijit Muhurat is the auspicious window around local solar noon. Gulika Kaal and Yamaganda are traditional periods to avoid when starting important work. These windows depend on the weekday and the selected city’s sunrise and sunset; use the displayed timings for your date.

VedKosh computes the Vedic Panchang using Lahiri sidereal positions and the selected city’s sunrise. Timings use that city’s local timezone, including daylight saving where applicable. The calendar displays the selected date and timezone beside its details.

A Shubh Muhurat is an auspicious window of time chosen with the help of the Vedic Panchang so that an important act — a wedding, housewarming, naming or purchase — begins under a supportive combination of tithi, nakshatra, weekday (vaar), yoga and lagna, and clear of inauspicious periods like Rahu Kaal and Bhadra.

Muhurat windows are calculated from sunrise, sunset and the Moon’s position, all of which change with longitude and latitude. A muhurat that begins at one clock time in Delhi will begin a few minutes earlier or later in Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata — so always confirm the timing for your own city.

Rahu Kaal is a roughly 90-minute period each day ruled by the shadow planet Rahu, considered inauspicious for starting new work. Bhadra (the Vishti karana) is a period associated with obstacles. Even within an otherwise good day, a muhurat is chosen to fall outside these windows.

An abujh or swayam-siddha muhurat is a day traditionally regarded as self-auspicious, such as Akshaya Tritiya. Suitability for a particular ceremony still depends on local tradition and any restrictions in that year. Check the relevant occasion guide before treating the whole day as suitable.