Panchang / Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Daily panchang

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · Monday, 28 Jun 2021

Jyeshtha, krishna · Tithi 4

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Chaturthi · until 14:16
Nakshatra: Dhanishta · until 00:48 (29 Jun 2021)
Good time to start something: 11:44–12:39 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 07:01–08:45 · Rahu kaal

All times are for Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

05:18

Sunset

19:05

Moonrise

22:29

Moonset

08:45

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Chaturthi then Panchami	14:16	Rikta (empty) Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately.
Nakshatra	Dhanishta then Shatabhisha	00:48 29 Jun 2021	The drum: rhythm, music and wealth. Read as prosperity through timing and through performance.
Yoga	Vishkambha then Priti	14:04	inauspicious Among the yogas the texts advise avoiding for new beginnings.
Karana	Balava then Kaulava · until 01:44 (29 Jun 2021) then Taitila	14:16	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Monday	—	Ruled by the Moon. Favoured for water, travel and domestic matters.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 05:18
Sunset 19:05

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	05:18	—
Sunset	19:05	—
Rahu kaal	07:01	08:45	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	13:55	15:38	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	10:28	12:11	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:44	12:39	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	03:56	04:37	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:16	05:18	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:29	15:24	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	19:05	19:25	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	19:05	20:06	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:51	00:32 29 Jun 2021	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	12:39	13:34	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	15:24	16:20	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	14:38	16:12	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 13 h 47 min
Night length (ratrimana): 10 h 13 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:11
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): East

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	05:18	07:01	best anything at all
Kaal	07:01	08:45	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	08:45	10:28	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	10:28	12:11	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	12:11	13:55	avoid government work only
Chal	13:55	15:38	neutral travel and movement
Labh	15:38	17:22	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	17:22	19:05	best anything at all

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	19:05	20:22	neutral travel and movement
Rog	20:22	21:38	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	21:38	22:55	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	22:55	00:12	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	00:12	01:28	avoid government work only
Shubh	01:28	02:45	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	02:45	04:01	best anything at all
Chal	04:01	05:18	neutral travel and movement

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Uthi	05:18	07:01	neutral ordinary work
Soram	07:01	08:45	avoid nothing new
Rogam	08:45	10:28	avoid medicine only
Visham	10:28	12:11	avoid nothing new
Labham	12:11	13:55	good gain, new work
Dhanam	13:55	15:38	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	15:38	17:22	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	17:22	19:05	best anything auspicious

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Capricorn · until 12:59
then Aquarius
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Dhanishta pada 1 · until 07:09
Dhanishta pada 2 · until 12:59
Dhanishta pada 3 · until 18:52
Dhanishta pada 4 · until 00:48 (29 Jun 2021)
Shatabhisha pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Ardra pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Shubha · until 00:48 (29 Jun 2021)
then Amrita
Shaka samvat: 1943 Plava
Vikram samvat: 2078 Ananda
Gujarati samvat: 2077 Paridhavi
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Varsha
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): South · until 12:59
then West
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): North-west
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Rakshasa · until 12:22 (08 May 2022)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	Not today		When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	12:59	05:18 29 Jun 2021	The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Raja (the state)	21:04	05:18 29 Jun 2021	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 12:59: Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Gemini
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Cancer
Tarabalam for · until 00:48: Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Gemini	04:28	06:42
Cancer	06:42	09:01
Leo	09:01	11:16
Virgo	11:16	13:30
Libra	13:30	15:47
Scorpio	15:47	18:05
Sagittarius	18:05	20:09
Capricorn	20:09	21:53
Aquarius	21:53	23:23
Pisces	23:23	00:50 29 Jun 2021
Aries	00:50 29 Jun 2021	02:27 29 Jun 2021
Taurus	02:27 29 Jun 2021	04:24 29 Jun 2021

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Agni (fire)	05:18	06:42
Free of panchaka (good)	06:42	09:01
Raja (the state)	09:01	11:16
Free of panchaka (good)	11:16	13:30
Chora (theft)	13:30	14:16
Free of panchaka (good)	14:16	15:47
Roga (illness)	15:47	18:05
Free of panchaka (good)	18:05	20:09
Mrityu (danger)	20:09	21:53
Agni (fire)	21:53	23:23
Free of panchaka (good)	23:23	00:48 29 Jun 2021
Raja (the state)	00:48 29 Jun 2021	00:50 29 Jun 2021
Agni (fire)	00:50 29 Jun 2021	02:27 29 Jun 2021
Free of panchaka (good)	02:27 29 Jun 2021	04:24 29 Jun 2021
Raja (the state)	04:24 29 Jun 2021	05:18 29 Jun 2021

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Moon	05:18	06:27	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
2	Saturn	06:27	07:36	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
3	Jupiter	07:36	08:45	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
4	Mars	08:45	09:53	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
5	Sun	09:53	11:02	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
6	Venus	11:02	12:11	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
7	Mercury	12:11	13:20	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
8	Moon	13:20	14:29	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
9	Saturn	14:29	15:38	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
10	Jupiter	15:38	16:47	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
11	Mars	16:47	17:56	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
12	Sun	17:56	19:05	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
13 night	Venus	19:05	19:56	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
14 night	Mercury	19:56	20:47	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
15 night	Moon	20:47	21:38	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
16 night	Saturn	21:38	22:29	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
17 night	Jupiter	22:29	23:20	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
18 night	Mars	23:20	00:12	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
19 night	Sun	00:12	01:03	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
20 night	Venus	01:03	01:54	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
21 night	Mercury	01:54	02:45	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
22 night	Moon	02:45	03:36	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
23 night	Saturn	03:36	04:27	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
24 night	Jupiter	04:27	05:18	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)	Jyeshtha
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)	Ashadha
Paksha (bright or dark half)	krishna
Tithi	4

The two ways of counting give this month different names. It is the same day; both names are correct.

Sankashti Chaturthi — for Ganesha, in the dark half

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