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anchangam These are basic rules for muhurtha. A good muhurtha is fortified
lagna. Astrologers use fortified lagna in muhurtha in such case doshas arising out of
these rules may get nullified.

Tamil panchangam, Telugu Panchangam, Kannada Panchangam, Gujarati

Panchangam, Marathi Panchangam, Hindi Panchangam, Bengali Panchangam
or whatever panchangam you call it. Panchangam means five attributes of
Hindu calendar day that is Tithi, Vaar, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana. It is
the official astrological calendar of practicing Hindus. It forecasts celestial
phenomena such as solar eclipses as well as more mundane occurrences.
The study of Panchangam involves understanding Rasi phala, the impact of
the signs of the zodiac on the individual. Astrologers consult the Panchangam
to set dates for weddings, corporate mergers, and other worldly activities.
These panchangam elements are same across all panchangam -- Tamil
panchangam, Telugu panchangam, Malayalam panchangam, and Hindi,
Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, and other panchangam. What is different is how
they threat their months/year. Solar months and their starting rules and lunisolar moths. Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali uses solar months and the rules on
how month start is determined is different, but rest of information remains
same. Panchangam is important part of the Hindu Panchangam.
The word panchang is derived from the Sanskrit panchangam (pancha, five;
anga, limb), which refers to the five limbs of the calendar: Vaara, Month and
Tithi, Nakshatra, yoga, karana. The panchangam may also includes details
about Rahu kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika Kalam, Durmuhurtham, Varjyam,
Lagna Pravesh tables, daily planetory transists, and other information. The
panchangam presented on this website contains enough information for
people following different panchangam and they are available for diffferent
places in the world. To learn how to read panchangam and to get more
information please click here. We offer panchangam from 1900AD onwards.
Hindu Panchangam People call panchang with different names like

Panchang, Panchangam, Panchangamu, Panjangam, Jantri, Panjika, etc..., and

there are various calendars / panchang used through out India, depending on
region. Most people buy panchang every year for various reasons like festival
dates, yearly horoscope, muhurtham for house warming, upanayana,

weddings, naming ceremony, etc. Hindu Panchangam is both Solar and LuniSolar. Mainly Luni-Solar calendar is used. Luni-Solar Panchangam means it is
designed to keep phase with the tropical year (Actually Solar Sidereal year)
using lunar months. In a Lunar year there are twelve months, However the
whole lunar month is added at every few years interval to help the calendar
to keep up with the tropical year. Lunar months may end on Amavasya (New
Moon) or Purnima (Full Moon). This gives us two types of Luni-Solar calendars
-- Amavasyant (ending with amavasya) and Purnimant (ending with
Purnima). However certain regions in India do follow solar months in
combination with lunar months.
Names of lunar months are: Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyestha, Ashadha, Shravana,
Bhadrapada, Ashwayuja (Ashwin), Kartik, Margashirsha, Pausha, Maha,
Phalguna. The Tamil calendar is a derivative of the old Hindu solar calendar
and is based on the sidereal year. Tamil solar month names are Chiththirai
(Mesha), Vaikasi (Vrishabha), Aani (Mithuna), Aadi (Karka), Aavani (Simha),
Purattasi (Kanya), Aippasi (Tula), Karthikai (Vrishika), Markazhi (Dhanu), Thai
(Makara), Maasi (Kumbha), Panguni (Mina). Please click here Indian
Panchangam and its usage outside of India
How to interpret panchangam data? Please use the following explanations

to understand the panchangam presented on this site.

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before viewing our panchangam(s) as we keep updating our panchangam with various
information, additions etc....

To select the appropriate month please click on the top bar on the month names, it will
load appropriate month for you for the current year. The panchang presented here are in
the calendar format.

If your city is in USA or Canada then the times are adjusted for the Daylight Saving
Summer Time. For other countries please add or subtract the DST time zone manually.

The first two lines are sunrise and sunset times. The sunrise time indicates rising of
middle of solar disk which is used in most astrological and muhurtham calculation. Most
newspapers give sunrise time which is rise of sun's upper limb which is not used in
astrological purpose. (Sunrise:08:01 Sunset:16:23). Unlike other online panchangam, all
times presented in our panchangam have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North

American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other places in the world
where daylight saving time applies.

The next lines indicate month name and paksha -- krishna paksha (wanning moon,
leading to new moon) or shukla paksha (waxing moon, leading to full moon) (Pausha
Shukla Paksha). There are two paksha in indian month. Krishna paksha and Shukla
Paksha. Certain parts of India uses poornimant months -- Month ending with purnima or
full moon. Their month will start with krishna paksha and ends with shukla paksha.
Gujarat, Maharastra, Karnataka, Andrapradesh and other states uses Amavasyant months
-- Their months ends with amavasya or new moon. Their months will start from shukla
paksha and ends with krishna paksha having poornima in middle. There are twelve lunar
months in a year. Sometimes when within a given month sun's sign doesn't change it
becomes adhika masa giving us 13 months in a year. The Hindu calendar is based on the
cycles of the Moon and the months are based on lunar months which vary from 27 to 29
solar days. The lunar year of twelve months consists of 354 solar days. However a solar
year consists of 365 days which is the basis of civil calendars. There is a difference of 11
days between the lunar year and the solar year. Due to this difference the two calendars
move out of synchronization and we notice that Holi is celebrated earlier and earlier in
Spring every year as well as Diwali in the Fall. However in about two and a half years a
difference of 29 days accumulates between the two calendars. Hence every two and half
years an additional month or adhika masa (thirteenth month) is added to the Hindu
calendar to bring it back in synchronization with the solar calendar. Names of lunar
months are: Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyestha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwayuja
(Ashwin), Kartik, Margashirsha, Pausha, Maha, Phalguna.

The next line indicates tithi (Indian Day). The tithi name is right after T: The time next to
the tithi is the time when it is going to end. If the tithi ends after midnight but before next
sunrise the endtime will have a value greater than 24 hours. To get actual time please
subtract 24 from the time. Please remember that Indian date does not change at midnight
0:00 hours. the day is from one sunrise to another sunrise. (T:Trayodashii 08:18:20). So if
thithi ending time says for October 23rd is T:Dwadashi 27:10:11. It means it ends after
midnight of that day. So it means dwadashi will end at 3:10:11 AM of the next day
(October 24th). Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam
have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam.
Please manually adjust for other places in the world where daylight saving time applies.
In vedic timekeeping, a tithi (also spelled thithi) is a lunar day, or the time it takes for the
longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12. Tithis begin at
varying times of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximate 26
hours. Unlike english dates the duration varies. The english date starts at midnight to
another midnight. There are 30 days in one lunar months. Each day is tithi.
Telugu Tithis and Sanskrit names: Padyami / Prathama, Vidiya / Dvitiya, Tadiya /
Tritiya, Chavathi / Chaturthi. Rest of tithis maps exactly to samskritam names.
General purpose good Day (Vaar): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
General purpose good Tithi: 2 (Dwitiya), 3 (Tritiya), 5 (Panchami), 7 (Saptami), 10

(Dashami), 11 (Ekadashi), 13 (Trayodashi -- shukla paksha only). 1 (Prathama - Krishna

Paksha Only). Please avoid Krishna Paksha 13 (Trayodashi), 14 (Chaturdashi), and
Amavasya in all good work. Please also avoid Shukla paksha's 1 (Prathama) in all goog
work. Please avoid rikta tithis 4-9-14 (From both paksha) in all good work.
Good Tithi for Wedding: All days (Vaara) are good for wedding. Please avoid Rikta 49-14, Krishna Trayodashi, Amavasya, Shukla Paksha prathama 1 tithi. Rest of tithis are
good for weddings. According to some Rikta tithi 4-9-14 can be taken, but avoid 14 in
krishna paksha.
Good Tithi for Grahapravesha: Avoid Sunday, and Tuesday (This is basic rule,
relaxations exists, fortified lagna removes many doshas. Consult astrologer for advanced
muhurtha). Avoid Shukla paksha's 1-4-9-14, and Krishna Paksha's 4-9-13-14-Amavasya.
Rest tithis are good for Grahapravesha.
Good Tithi for Buying a New Vehicle: 3,4,5,7,10,11,13,15. Avoid Amavasya.
To learn more about tithis please follow link here.

The next line is nakshatra. The Nakshatra name is followed by N: The time next to the
nakshtra indicates when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to
nakshatras as well. (Rohinii 09:02:42). Nakshatra is also known as star. so if you are
looking for today's star use this one. Please avoid Aswini nakshatra on Tuesday, Rohini
nakshatra on Saturday, and Pushyami nakshatra on Thrusday for all graha pravesha,
marraige, and travel muhurthas. Although these combination causes Amrit Siddhi yoga
but, the same combination is not good for above said purposes. Unlike other online
panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have been adjusted for daylight
saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other
places in the world where daylight saving time applies. A nakshatra is one of the 27 or 28
divisions of the sky, identified by the prominent star(s) in them, that the Moon passes
through during its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology. Therefore,
each represents a division of the ecliptic similar to the zodiac (1320 each instead of the
30 for each zodiac sign). The orbit of the moon is 27.3 days, so the Moon takes
approximately one day to pass through each nakshatra.
General purpose good Nakshatras: Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Punarvasu,
Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravan, Dhanishtha,
Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. Please avoid your janma-nakshatra for all good
works.
Good Nakshatras for Wedding: Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Magha (Avoid 1st quarter),
U.Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, U.Shadha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati (Avoid last
quarter).
Good Nakshatras for Grahapravesha: Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Pushya, U.Phalguni,
Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha,
U.Bhadrapada, Revati.
Good Nakshatras for Buying a New Vehicle: Ashwini, Rohini, Punarvasu, Pushya,
U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, U.Bhadra, Revati in
the Shubha lagna (Ascendant) of Mithuna, Karka, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, and
Mina lagnam (Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna, and panchanga to find

nakshatra timings).
Good Nakshatras for Starting a New Job: Vaar: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday. Nakshatra: Rohini, U.Phalguni, U.Shadha, Dhanistha, Shatabhisha,
U.Bhadrapada, Revati. In the muhurtha chart in the 1st, 10th or 11th house Sun and Mars.
(Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna, and panchanga to find nakshatra
timings).
Tara bala: To find a day is suitable for your muhurtha tarabalam is required. Count from
your birth nakshatra to nakshatra of the muhurtha day you are seeking. Please avoid 1-35-7-10-12-14-16-19-21-23-25 nakshatra counting from your birth nakshatra. For
example: If your birth nakshatra is swati, and today's nakshatra is aswhini, now counting
from swati to ashwini it gives us the count of 14th Which is not a good tarabalam. Hence
till ashwini nakshatra prevails that time is bad.
Please visit Tarabalam Chakra ready reckoner table to calculate your daily tarabalam and
muhurtha. Please visit nakshatra table to find list of nakshatra and their mappings in
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam.

The next line is Yoga. The Yoga name is followed by Y: The time next to the Yoga
indicates when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to Yoga as well.
(Ganda 08:31:32). Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented in our
panchangam have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian
Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other places in the world where daylight saving
time applies.
Good Yoga: Please avoid Vyatipata, Vaidriti, Parigha, Vishkumbha, Vajra, Shoola,
Atiganda, Vyagata.

The next two lines are Karana. Karana name is indicated by K: There are two karanas per
thithi hence there are two lines for karana, where the time next to the karana indicates
when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to karana as well. (Balav
08:32:33). Please try to avoid vishti (Bhadra) karana in all auspicious ceremonies. Unlike
other online panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have been adjusted for
daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust
for other places in the world where daylight saving time applies.
Good Karana: Please avoid Vishti (Bhadra) Karana.

The next line if sun changes the sign or rasi that day it will have a line SN: which means
sun and the rasi after that is the rasi sun is changing to the time is the time when sun will
enter that rasi or sign on that day. (SN: Makara 4:36). This is also known as samkranti.
For example: Makara samkaranti is when sun enters makara rashi (This also becomes
Thai(Makara mase) month for tamil calendar). Likewise the same rule applies to the other
samkrantis. Sun's rasi names can be also names for hindu solar month names. For
example: Tamil calendar uses sun's rasi names as their solar months. The Tamil calendar
is a derivative of the old Hindu solar calendar and is based on the sidereal year. Tamil

solar month names are Chiththirai (Mesha), Vaikasi (Vrishabha), Aani (Mithuna), Aadi
(Karka), Aavani (Simha), Purattasi (Kanya), Aippasi (Tula), Karthikai (Vrishika),
Markazhi (Dhanu), Thai (Makara), Maasi (Kumbha), Panguni (Mina).
Note for Muhurtha: Please avoid day of eclipse and the six hours before and after from
the time of samkranti for any good work / muhurtha. However this samkranti time is
good for donation, satyanaraya puja but not good for Weddings, Graha Pravesha etc.

The next line is MN: which means moon sign changes, which means moon and the rasi
after that is the rasi moon is changing to the time is the time when moon will enter that
rasi or sign on that day. if moon occupies that rasi for whole day you'll observe (full) right
after the rasi name. (MN: Mithuna 20:38)
A Note on chandra bala in muhurtha: Chandra Balam is important in weddings, and
other rituals. Tarabalam is more subtle. Counting from your moon rashi (Hindu rashi) to
the day's chandra rashi if the count is 1,3,6,7,10,11 then that day will be good for you.

The RK: means the Rahu kalam (Tamizh: Raghu kalam). The rising period of Rahu is
considered inauspicious in the South as he is considered a malefic for auspicious
functions. The time frame indicates rahu kalam duration. (RK:09:03-10:06). Please avoid
this time for your muhurtha.

The YM: means the Yamagandam kalam. Yamaganda is the son of Guru and he is also
considered inauspicious. The time frame indicates yama kalam duration. (YM:11:0912:12). Please avoid this time for your muhurtha.

The GK: means the Gulika kalam (Gulikai). Gulika is also called Mandi (i. e. the son of
Manda alias Shani). His rising period is also not auspicious. The time frame indicates
Gulika kalam duration. (GK:09:03-10:06). Please avoid this time for your muhurtha.
Rahu kalam, Yama kalam, Gulika (Kulika) needs to be avoided as they are inauspicious
times.

The AJ: means Abhijit Muhurtha (AJ: 12:30- 13:18). It is Sri Hari Vishnu's time. When
you don't have any muhurtham you can use this time if its not overlapped by rahu kalam
or durmuhurtham, or varjyam. On Wednesday abhijit muhurtham is bad as its the same
time as durmuhurtham, hence we gave only durmuhurtham time on wednesday not the
abhijit muhurtha time. For other days please check rahu kalam as well.

The DM: means Durmuhurtha (DM:: 10:34- 11:22, 15:22- 16:10) means first
Durmuhurtham starts at 10:34 AM till 11:22 AM and the next one starts at 15:22 PM to
16:10 PM. These times should be avoided for any good ceremonies.

The V:: means Varjyam or Vishagatika (V:30:00-31:37) means varjyam starts at 6:00 AM
of following day and lasts till 7:37 AM of following day. There could be more than one
varjyam line. This time is not a good time. Please avoid in all muhurthams. Please donot
perform annaprasana samskara in this time as this this visha-gatika time.

The AK:: means Amritkala (AK: 15:13- 16:53) means Amrita kala starts at 3:13 PM till
16:53 period. This is a good time. There could be more than one Amrit kala line. This
time is good for annaprasanam samskara as well as other rituals.

About Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam: What most online
panchangam, and other panchangam give rahukalam which is fixed for every day of the
week, for example Sunday 4.30 - 6.00, Monday 7.30 - 9.00, Tuesday 15.00- 16.30, Wed.
12.00 - 13.30, Thursday 13.30 - 15.00, Friday 10.30-12.00, Saturday 9.00-10.30. These
times are given based on assumption that sun rises and set at 6:00 AM/PM. Which is
completely wrong as the sun doesn't rise at 6:00AM and sets at 6:00PM for most part of
the world every day. People who live in North America, Europe, Australia and other
places where in summer sun rises at 4:00 AM (with the daylight time added 5:00 AM)
and sets at 8:00 PM, and in winter sun rises at 8:00 PM and sets at 3:45 PM this rahu
kalam time given above is off by hours then minutes (as one of my learned friend argued
the world is not going to change if rahukalam is off by minutes, we are not talking about
minutes but hours. For example in winter in certain places (America, Europe, Australia,
etc..) if sun rises at 8:10AM and rahukalam duration is 7:30AM to 9:00 AM, sunrise
doesn't happen till 8:10AM , so you are off by 40 minutes here (not some minutes, and it
will not at at 9:00 could very well end just after 9:00AM).
Now on Thursdays, Yamagadam is from 6:00AM to 7:30AM(According to the fix
calculations assuming sun rises at 6:00 AM), and being winter sunrises at 8:10 AM, so
your yamagandam has already passed before sunrise? aren't you off by one and half
hour?. Rahukalam, Yamaganadam doesn't start till sunrise. Even in India if you live
further north, the sun will rise earlier than 6 AM in summer and will set after 6 PM.
Check the sunrise and sunset time of your local newspapers and if not look into our
panchangam you'll notice that in 99% of the world sun will never rise at 6:00 AM and
will set at 6:00 PM most of time (99% of time). You be the judge which rahukalam needs
to be taken, precise or fix rahu kalam. Its your muhurtham, so you be the judge. Even if
you took the fix one the world is not going to end but if you want to follow rahukalam
why not the precise one?
The fix rahu kalam is taken for ease of calculation, and simplicity. So it is important to
calculate rahukalam and other information by subtracting the sunset from sunrise and
divide by 8 and then use that as a kalam interval. The data provided here is based on
actual precise method of arriving Rahu Kalam, Yama kalam (Yama Ganadam), and
Gulika Kalam.

About Chogadia Table: Chogadia used for checking auspicious time to start new work.
Traditionally chogadia is used only for travel muhurthas only but due to simplicity it is
used widely for any muhurtha. There are four good chogadia to start auspicious work -Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal. Three bad chaugadia are Rog, kaal, Udyog. Mostly
people calculate chogadia from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM which is wrong as sun doesn't rise at
6:00 AM and doesn't set at 6:00 PM. The actual way is to calculate dinamana and divide
by 8 an each kala will be day chogadia's kala and likewise divide ratrimana by 8 and each
kala will be night's chogadia kala. We have provided link with the chogadia table at the
top of every panchangam presented here and they are calculated based on that places'
sunrise, and sunset.

Lagna Table. Lagna is the rising sign on the eastern horizon at a given time and a given
place. This changes from place to place, Hence we need longitude and latitude of the
place for correct lagna. That's the another reason why indian muhurtham calculated for
india can't be used outside of india, even after subtracting the time difference. Lagna has
very important role in muhurtham. Lagna shuddhi removes most evils and without lagna
shuddhi it gives all bad yogas. At the time of muhurtha There shouldn't be any evil grahas
/ planets in kendra sthana of muhurtha kundli. That is Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.
The good planets should be in kendra(1/4/7/10) and tikona sthana (5/9) Mercury, Jupiter,
and Venus. This lagna can be obtained by using lagna table calculated in our panchangam
for each place's panchang. This langna is the rasi in first house. For any place in the
world, the Sun will be always in the first house during the sunrise, during the midday sun
will be in the 10th house, during the evening sun will be in 7th house, and during the
midnight sun will be in the 4th house. Some astrologers even knowing this fact makes the
same mistake of subtracting appropriate time differences from indian muhurtha and give
out wrong muhurtha (unknowingly).
Good Lagna for Grahapravesha: Vrishabha (2), Mithuna, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika,
Dhanu, Kumbha, and Mina.

Panchaka Rahita Vidhi for Muhurtha - Important ceremonies such as marriage,

nuptials, entry into new houses, etc., this should be carefully looked into. There are
several methods by which panchaka is determined. The most common method is to add
following and divide by the number 9:
o The number of the lunar day (from the 1st of the month). You can find the tithi in
our panchangam. It's marked with T:. The time after tithi is the time when the tithi
ends.

o The number of the weekday, Sunday 1, Monday 2, Tuesday 3. etc.). You can find
the day in our panchangam. It's the top most header of the column. For the night
time muhurtha please don't change the day. Indian day is from one sunrise to
another sunrise.

o The number of the constellation (from Aswini 1, Bharani 2, etc..). You can find
the nakshatra in our panchangam. It's marked with N:. The time after the
nakshatra is the time when the nakshatra ends.

o The number of the Lagna (from Aries/Mesha 1, Tauras/Vrishabha 2, etc...). You

can find the lagna from our lagna table for your city.

Now add these together and divide the total by 9. If the remainder is 1,2,4,6, or 8 then it
indicate bad results as follows:
o 1 (mrityu panchakam), it indicates danger.

o 2 (agni panchakam), risk from fire.

o 4 (raja panchakam), bad results.

o 6 (chora panchakam), evil happenings.

o 8 (roga panchakam), disease.

If the remainder is 3, 5, 7 or zero then it is good.

Example: Let's consider Tithi: Krishna Paksha Dwitiya(2), Saturday (7), Moola/Mula
nakshatra(19), and Kumbha(11) lagna. Let's add these together. This gives us total of 39.
Now divide this total of 39 by 9 giving us the reminder of 3 hence it is good. Please
consult astrologer for advanced panchaka rahita vidhi.