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Panchang / Pune, Maharashtra, India

Daily panchang

Pune, Maharashtra, India · Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

Phalguna, krishna · Tithi 13

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

Tithi
Trayodashi · until 23:03
Nakshatra
Shatabhisha · until 00:33 (28 Mar 2025)
Good time to start something
12:15–13:04 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work
14:11–15:43 · Rahu kaal

All times are for Pune, 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

06:32

Sunset

18:47

Moonrise

04:54

Moonset

16:46

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
TithiTrayodashi
then Chaturdashi
23:03 Jaya (victorious)
Associated with contest, litigation and anything to be won.
NakshatraShatabhisha
then Purva Bhadrapada
00:33
28 Mar 2025
'A hundred healers.' Associated with medicine, with secrecy, and with a solitary and investigative turn of mind.
YogaSadhya
then Shubha · until 05:56 (28 Mar 2025)
then Shukla
09:24 auspicious
Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
KaranaGara
then Vanija · until 23:03
then Vishti
12:27 One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
VaraThursday — 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, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

PeriodFrom To What the old texts say
Sunrise06:32 —
Sunset18:47 —
Rahu kaal 14:11 15:43 About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika 09:36 11:08 Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda 06:32 08:04 Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit 12:15 13:04 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 04:58 05:45 Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya 05:22 06:32 The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta 14:42 15:31 Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta 18:47 19:10 Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya 18:47 19:57 The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta 00:16 01:03
28 Mar 2025
The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta 10:37 11:26 Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta 15:31 16:20 Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam 17:56 19:24 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 09:06 10:35 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.
Varjyam 06:19
28 Mar 2025
07:45
28 Mar 2025
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)
12 h 14 min
Night length (ratrimana)
11 h 44 min
Midday (madhyahna)
12:40
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 FromTo Quality
Shubh 06:3208:04 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog 08:0409:36 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg 09:3611:08 avoid
government work only
Chal 11:0812:40 neutral
travel and movement
Labh 12:4014:11 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit 14:1115:43 best
anything at all
Kaal 15:4317:15 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh 17:1518:47 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

Night

Choghadiya FromTo Quality
Amrit 18:4720:15 best
anything at all
Chal 20:1521:43 neutral
travel and movement
Rog 21:4323:11 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal 23:1100:39 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh 00:3902:07 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg 02:0703:35 avoid
government work only
Shubh 03:3505:03 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit 05:0306:32 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.

GowriFrom To Quality
Amirdham 06:3208:04 best
anything auspicious
Uthi 08:0409:36 neutral
ordinary work
Soram 09:3611:08 avoid
nothing new
Rogam 11:0812:40 avoid
medicine only
Visham 12:4014:11 avoid
nothing new
Labham 14:1115:43 good
gain, new work
Dhanam 15:4317:15 good
money, purchase, trade
Sugam 17:1518:47 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
Aquarius
Sun sign
Pisces
Nakshatra pada
Shatabhisha pada 1 · until 08:03
Shatabhisha pada 2 · until 13:35
Shatabhisha pada 3 · until 19:05
Shatabhisha pada 4 · until 00:33 (28 Mar 2025)
Purva Bhadrapada pada 1 · until 06:00 (28 Mar 2025)
Purva Bhadrapada pada 2
Sun's nakshatra
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 3 · until 05:05 (28 Mar 2025)
then Uttara Bhadrapada pada 4
Anandadi yoga
Vajra · until 00:33 (28 Mar 2025)
then Mudgara
Shaka samvat
1946 Krodhi
Vikram samvat
2081 Pingala
Gujarati samvat
2081 Nala
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)
West
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction)
South
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara)
Kalayukta · until 14:42 (25 Apr 2025)

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.
Bhadra 23:03 06:32
28 Mar 2025
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.
on earth
Ganda moolaNot todayThe 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: Raja (the state)21:0006:32
28 Mar 2025
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
Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Cancer
Tarabalam for · until 00:33
Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise
Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

LagnaFromTo
Pisces05:5707:32
Aries07:3209:16
Taurus09:1611:16
Gemini11:1613:29
Cancer13:2915:41
Leo15:4117:49
Virgo17:4919:55
Libra19:5522:06
Scorpio22:0600:20
28 Mar 2025
Sagittarius00:20
28 Mar 2025
02:26
28 Mar 2025
Capricorn02:26
28 Mar 2025
04:16
28 Mar 2025
Aquarius04:16
28 Mar 2025
05:53
28 Mar 2025

Panchaka rahita muhurta

PeriodFromTo
Chora (theft)06:3207:32
Raja (the state)07:3209:16
Free of panchaka (good)09:1611:16
Chora (theft)11:1613:29
Free of panchaka (good)13:2915:41
Roga (illness)15:4117:49
Free of panchaka (good)17:4919:55
Mrityu (danger)19:5522:06
Agni (fire)22:0623:03
Free of panchaka (good)23:0300:20
28 Mar 2025
Raja (the state)00:20
28 Mar 2025
00:33
28 Mar 2025
Free of panchaka (good)00:33
28 Mar 2025
02:26
28 Mar 2025
Chora (theft)02:26
28 Mar 2025
04:16
28 Mar 2025
Free of panchaka (good)04:16
28 Mar 2025
05:53
28 Mar 2025
Roga (illness)05:53
28 Mar 2025
06:32
28 Mar 2025

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 Jupiter 06:3207:34 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
2 Mars 07:3408:35 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
3 Sun 08:3509:36 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
4 Venus 09:3610:37 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
5 Mercury 10:3711:38 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
6 Moon 11:3812:40 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
7 Saturn 12:4013:41 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
8 Jupiter 13:4114:42 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
9 Mars 14:4215:43 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
10 Sun 15:4316:44 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
11 Venus 16:4417:45 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
12 Mercury 17:4518:47 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
13 night Moon 18:4719:45 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
14 night Saturn 19:4520:44 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
15 night Jupiter 20:4421:43 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
16 night Mars 21:4322:42 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
17 night Sun 22:4223:40 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
18 night Venus 23:4000:39 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
19 night Mercury 00:3901:38 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
20 night Moon 01:3802:37 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
21 night Saturn 02:3703:35 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
22 night Jupiter 03:3504:34 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
23 night Mars 04:3405:33 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
24 night Sun 05:3306:32 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience

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
Tithi13

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

Pradosh — the evening of the thirteenth, for Shiva