Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India · Tuesday, 05 Jan 2027

Margashirsha, krishna · Tithi 13

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named 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.

Sunrise

07:09

Sunset

17:55

Moonrise

05:05

Moonset

15:44

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Trayodashi then Chaturdashi	20:40	Jaya (victorious) Associated with contest, litigation and anything to be won.
Nakshatra	Jyeshtha then Mula	03:07 06 Jan 2027	The eldest. Read as seniority, protection of dependants, and the burden that comes with rank.
Yoga	Ganda then Vriddhi	12:43	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Gara then Vanija · until 20:40 then Vishti	07:26	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Tuesday	—	Ruled by Mars. Associated with disputes, surgery and property.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 07:09
Sunset 17:55

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	07:09	—
Sunset	17:55	—
Rahu kaal	15:13	16:34	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	12:32	13:52	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	09:50	11:11	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	12:10	12:53	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	05:23	06:16	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	05:49	07:09	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:19	15:02	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	17:55	18:21	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:55	19:14	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	00:05	00:58 06 Jan 2027	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	09:18	10:01	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	23:12	00:05 06 Jan 2027	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	17:16	19:03	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.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 10 h 45 min
Night length (ratrimana): 13 h 14 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:32
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: North

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Scorpio · until 03:07 (06 Jan 2027)
then Sagittarius
Sun sign: Sagittarius
Nakshatra pada: Jyeshtha pada 2 · until 13:39
Jyeshtha pada 3 · until 20:23
Jyeshtha pada 4 · until 03:07 (06 Jan 2027)
Mula pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Purva Ashadha pada 3
Anandadi yoga: Mudgara · until 03:07 (06 Jan 2027)
then Chhatra
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2083 Kalayukta
Ritu (by lunar month): Hemanta
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Shishira
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 03:07 (06 Jan 2027)
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): West

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	To	What the 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	20:40	07:09 06 Jan 2027	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. in the heavens · until 03:07 (06 Jan 2027); in the underworld
Ganda moola	Whole day		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.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Rog	07:09	08:29	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	08:29	09:50	avoid government work only
Chal	09:50	11:11	neutral travel and movement
Labh	11:11	12:32	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	12:32	13:52	best anything at all
Kaal	13:52	15:13	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	15:13	16:34	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	16:34	17:55	avoid confrontation and debt collection only

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Kaal	17:55	19:34	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	19:34	21:13	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	21:13	22:52	avoid government work only
Shubh	22:52	00:32	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	00:32	02:11	best anything at all
Chal	02:11	03:50	neutral travel and movement
Rog	03:50	05:30	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	05:30	07:09	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Dhanam	07:09	08:29	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	08:29	09:50	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	09:50	11:11	best anything auspicious
Uthi	11:11	12:32	neutral ordinary work
Soram	12:32	13:52	avoid nothing new
Rogam	13:52	15:13	avoid medicine only
Visham	15:13	16:34	avoid nothing new
Labham	16:34	17:55	good gain, new work

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Mars	07:09	08:03	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
2	Sun	08:03	08:56	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
3	Venus	08:56	09:50	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
4	Mercury	09:50	10:44	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
5	Moon	10:44	11:38	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
6	Saturn	11:38	12:32	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
7	Jupiter	12:32	13:25	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
8	Mars	13:25	14:19	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
9	Sun	14:19	15:13	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
10	Venus	15:13	16:07	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
11	Mercury	16:07	17:01	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
12	Moon	17:01	17:55	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
13 night	Saturn	17:55	19:01	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
14 night	Jupiter	19:01	20:07	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
15 night	Mars	20:07	21:13	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
16 night	Sun	21:13	22:19	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
17 night	Venus	22:19	23:26	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
18 night	Mercury	23:26	00:32	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
19 night	Moon	00:32	01:38	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
20 night	Saturn	01:38	02:44	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
21 night	Jupiter	02:44	03:50	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
22 night	Mars	03:50	04:57	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
23 night	Sun	04:57	06:03	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
24 night	Venus	06:03	07:09	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining

Festivals and observances

Lunar month (amanta)	Margashirsha
Lunar month (purnimanta)	Pausha
Paksha	krishna
Tithi	13

The two reckonings name this month differently - the same day, two correct names.

Pradosh — the evening of the thirteenth, for Shiva