Panchang / Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Daily panchang

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · Thursday, 09 Nov 2028

Kartika, krishna · Tithi 7

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Saptami · until 15:40
Nakshatra: Pushya · until 14:36
Good time to start something: 11:30–12:14 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 13:14–14:36 · Rahu kaal
Festival: Kalabhairav Jayanti

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

06:23

Sunset

17:21

Moonrise

23:35

Moonset

12:10

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	Saptami then Ashtami	15:40	Bhadra (auspicious) Favoured for service, health matters and steady work.
Nakshatra	Pushya then Ashlesha	14:36	Traditionally the most auspicious of the 27. Associated with nourishment, teaching and steady support - the texts recommend it for beginnings of almost every kind except marriage.
Yoga	Shubha then Shukla	09:20	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Bava then Balava · until 02:55 (10 Nov 2028) then Kaulava	15:40	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Thursday	—	Ruled by Jupiter. Classically the most favourable for beginnings.

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 06:23
Sunset 17:21

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

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

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	06:23	—
Sunset	17:21	—
Rahu kaal	13:14	14:36	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	09:07	10:30	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	06:23	07:45	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:30	12:14	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	04:39	05:31	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	05:05	06:23	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:41	14:25	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	17:21	17:47	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:21	18:39	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:26	00:18 10 Nov 2028	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	10:02	10:46	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	14:25	15:09	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	08:19	09:54	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.
Varjyam	02:55 10 Nov 2028	04:27 10 Nov 2028	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 10 h 57 min
Night length (ratrimana): 13 h 2 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:52
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): South

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
Shubh	06:23	07:45	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	07:45	09:07	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	09:07	10:30	avoid government work only
Chal	10:30	11:52	neutral travel and movement
Labh	11:52	13:14	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	13:14	14:36	best anything at all
Kaal	14:36	15:58	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	15:58	17:21	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	17:21	18:59	best anything at all
Chal	18:59	20:36	neutral travel and movement
Rog	20:36	22:14	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	22:14	23:52	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	23:52	01:30	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	01:30	03:08	avoid government work only
Shubh	03:08	04:46	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	04:46	06:24	best anything at all

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
Amirdham	06:23	07:45	best anything auspicious
Uthi	07:45	09:07	neutral ordinary work
Soram	09:07	10:30	avoid nothing new
Rogam	10:30	11:52	avoid medicine only
Visham	11:52	13:14	avoid nothing new
Labham	13:14	14:36	good gain, new work
Dhanam	14:36	15:58	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	15:58	17:21	good travel, ease, hospitality

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: Cancer
Sun sign: Libra
Nakshatra pada: Pushya pada 3 · until 08:46
Pushya pada 4 · until 14:36
Ashlesha pada 1 · until 20:25
Ashlesha pada 2 · until 02:12 (10 Nov 2028)
Ashlesha pada 3
Sun's nakshatra: Vishakha pada 1 · until 17:03
then Vishakha pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Shubha · until 14:36
then Amrita
Shaka samvat: 1950 Kilaka
Vikram samvat: 2085 Durmati
Gujarati samvat: 2085 Raudra
Ritu (by lunar month): Sharad
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Hemanta
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Dundubhi · until 17:49 (08 Apr 2029)

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	06:23	14:36	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	14:36	06:24 10 Nov 2028	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	Not today		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)	06:23	09:05	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: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Sagittarius
Tarabalam for · until 14:36: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Libra	04:42	07:00
Scorpio	07:00	09:17
Sagittarius	09:17	11:22
Capricorn	11:22	13:06
Aquarius	13:06	14:35
Pisces	14:35	16:03
Aries	16:03	17:40
Taurus	17:40	19:36
Gemini	19:36	21:51
Cancer	21:51	00:09 10 Nov 2028
Leo	00:09 10 Nov 2028	02:24 10 Nov 2028
Virgo	02:24 10 Nov 2028	04:38 10 Nov 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Chora (theft)	06:23	07:00
Free of panchaka (good)	07:00	09:17
Roga (illness)	09:17	11:22
Free of panchaka (good)	11:22	13:06
Mrityu (danger)	13:06	14:35
Agni (fire)	14:35	14:36
Free of panchaka (good)	14:36	15:40
Raja (the state)	15:40	16:03
Agni (fire)	16:03	17:40
Free of panchaka (good)	17:40	19:36
Raja (the state)	19:36	21:51
Free of panchaka (good)	21:51	00:09 10 Nov 2028
Chora (theft)	00:09 10 Nov 2028	02:24 10 Nov 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	02:24 10 Nov 2028	04:38 10 Nov 2028
Roga (illness)	04:38 10 Nov 2028	06:24 10 Nov 2028

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	Jupiter	06:23	07:18	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
2	Mars	07:18	08:13	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
3	Sun	08:13	09:07	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
4	Venus	09:07	10:02	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
5	Mercury	10:02	10:57	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
6	Moon	10:57	11:52	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
7	Saturn	11:52	12:47	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
8	Jupiter	12:47	13:41	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
9	Mars	13:41	14:36	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
10	Sun	14:36	15:31	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
11	Venus	15:31	16:26	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
12	Mercury	16:26	17:21	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
13 night	Moon	17:21	18:26	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
14 night	Saturn	18:26	19:31	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
15 night	Jupiter	19:31	20:36	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
16 night	Mars	20:36	21:42	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
17 night	Sun	21:42	22:47	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
18 night	Venus	22:47	23:52	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
19 night	Mercury	23:52	00:57	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
20 night	Moon	00:57	02:03	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
21 night	Saturn	02:03	03:08	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
22 night	Jupiter	03:08	04:13	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
23 night	Mars	04:13	05:18	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
24 night	Sun	05:18	06:24	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)	Kartika
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)	Margashirsha
Paksha (bright or dark half)	krishna
Tithi	7

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

Festivals and fasts	How the date is set	Where it is kept
Kalabhairav Jayanti the appearance of Kala Bhairava, Shiva's fierce form, kept at midnight	nishita (midnight)	all India

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