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Panchang / Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Daily panchang

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Sunday, 26 Mar 2028

Phalguna, krishna · Tithi 15

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)
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The day in simple words

Tithi
Amavasya · until 10:01
Nakshatra
Uttara Bhadrapada · until 19:39
Good time to start something
12:19–13:08 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work
17:19–18:50 · Rahu kaal

All times are for Mumbai, Maharashtra, 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

06:37

Sunset

18:50

Moonrise

06:22

Moonset

19:03

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.
PartValue Ends What the old texts say
TithiAmavasya
then Shukla Pratipada
10:01 Purna (full)
Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada
then Revati
19:39 The serpent of the deep. Associated with depth, restraint, and a quiet wisdom that the texts treat as the settled form of the previous nakshatra's intensity.
YogaBrahma
then Indra
03:48
27 Mar 2028
auspicious
Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
KaranaNaga
then Kimstughna · until 22:55
then Bava
10:01 Naga is one of the four fixed karanas, each of which occurs once per lunar month.
VaraSunday — Ruled by the Sun. Favoured for matters of authority and health.

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, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

PeriodFrom To What the old texts say
Sunrise06:37 —
Sunset18:50 —
Rahu kaal 17:19 18:50 About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika 15:47 17:19 Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda 12:44 14:15 Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit 12:19 13:08 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 05:03 05:50 Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya 05:26 06:37 The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta 14:46 15:35 Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta 18:50 19:14 Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya 18:50 20:01 The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta 00:20 01:07
27 Mar 2028
The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta 17:13 18:02 Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam 14:22 16:07 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)
12 h 13 min
Night length (ratrimana)
11 h 45 min
Midday (madhyahna)
12:44
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool)
West

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 FromTo Quality
Udveg 06:3708:09 avoid
government work only
Chal 08:0909:40 neutral
travel and movement
Labh 09:4011:12 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit 11:1212:44 best
anything at all
Kaal 12:4414:15 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh 14:1515:47 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog 15:4717:19 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg 17:1918:50 avoid
government work only

Night

Choghadiya FromTo Quality
Shubh 18:5020:19 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit 20:1921:47 best
anything at all
Chal 21:4723:15 neutral
travel and movement
Rog 23:1500:43 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal 00:4302:11 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh 02:1103:40 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg 03:4005:08 avoid
government work only
Shubh 05:0806:36 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

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.

GowriFrom To Quality
Labham 06:3708:09 good
gain, new work
Dhanam 08:0909:40 good
money, purchase, trade
Sugam 09:4011:12 good
travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham 11:1212:44 best
anything auspicious
Uthi 12:4414:15 neutral
ordinary work
Soram 14:1515:47 avoid
nothing new
Rogam 15:4717:19 avoid
medicine only
Visham 17:1918:50 avoid
nothing new
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
Pisces
Sun sign
Pisces
Nakshatra pada
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 3 · until 13:04
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 4 · until 19:39
Revati pada 1 · until 02:13 (27 Mar 2028)
Revati pada 2
Sun's nakshatra
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 3
Anandadi yoga
Sthira · until 19:39
then Vardhamana
Shaka samvat
1949 Plavanga
Vikram samvat
2084 Raudra
Gujarati samvat
2084 Siddharthi
Ritu (by lunar month)
Shishira
Ritu (by the Sun's season)
Vasanta
Ayana (sidereal)
Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices)
Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction)
North
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction)
North
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara)
Durmati · until 17:02 (12 Apr 2028)

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
PeriodFrom ToWhat the old texts say
Ravi yogaNot todayWhen 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.
BhadraNot todayThe 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 19:39 06:36
27 Mar 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 Whole day 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: Agni (fire)06:3715:05 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, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Leo
Tarabalam for · until 19:39
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

LagnaFromTo
Pisces06:0407:38
Aries07:3809:22
Taurus09:2211:22
Gemini11:2213:34
Cancer13:3415:48
Leo15:4817:56
Virgo17:5620:03
Libra20:0322:14
Scorpio22:1400:28
27 Mar 2028
Sagittarius00:28
27 Mar 2028
02:34
27 Mar 2028
Capricorn02:34
27 Mar 2028
04:24
27 Mar 2028
Aquarius04:24
27 Mar 2028
06:00
27 Mar 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

PeriodFromTo
Chora (theft)06:3707:38
Raja (the state)07:3809:22
Free of panchaka (good)09:2211:22
Raja (the state)11:2213:34
Free of panchaka (good)13:3415:48
Chora (theft)15:4817:56
Free of panchaka (good)17:5619:39
Roga (illness)19:3920:03
Free of panchaka (good)20:0322:14
Mrityu (danger)22:1400:28
27 Mar 2028
Agni (fire)00:28
27 Mar 2028
02:34
27 Mar 2028
Free of panchaka (good)02:34
27 Mar 2028
04:24
27 Mar 2028
Raja (the state)04:24
27 Mar 2028
06:00
27 Mar 2028
Free of panchaka (good)06:00
27 Mar 2028
06:36
27 Mar 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 FromTo Suited to
1 Sun 06:3707:38 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
2 Venus 07:3808:39 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
3 Mercury 08:3909:40 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
4 Moon 09:4010:41 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
5 Saturn 10:4111:43 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
6 Jupiter 11:4312:44 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
7 Mars 12:4413:45 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
8 Sun 13:4514:46 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
9 Venus 14:4615:47 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
10 Mercury 15:4716:48 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
11 Moon 16:4817:49 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
12 Saturn 17:4918:50 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
13 night Jupiter 18:5019:49 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
14 night Mars 19:4920:48 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
15 night Sun 20:4821:47 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
16 night Venus 21:4722:46 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
17 night Mercury 22:4623:44 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
18 night Moon 23:4400:43 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
19 night Saturn 00:4301:42 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
20 night Jupiter 01:4202:41 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
21 night Mars 02:4103:40 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
22 night Sun 03:4004:38 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
23 night Venus 04:3805:37 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
24 night Mercury 05:3706:36 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)Phalguna
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)Chaitra
Paksha (bright or dark half)krishna
Tithi15

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

Amavasya — the new moon