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These are basic rules for muhurtha. A good muhurtha is fortified lagna. Astrologers use fortified lagna in muhurtha in such case doshas arising outof these rules may get nullified.Tamil panchangam, Telugu Panchangam, Kannada Panchangam, Gujarati Panchangam, Marathi Panchangam, HindiPanchangam, 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 practicingHindus. 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. Astrologersconsult 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, Malayalampanchangam, and Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, and other panchangam. What is different is how they threat theirmonths/year. Solar months and their starting rules and luni-solar moths. Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali uses solar monthsand the rules on how month start is determined is different, but rest of information remains same. Panchangam isimportant part of the Hindu Panchangam.

The word panchang is derived from the Sanskrit panchangam (pancha, five; anga, limb), which refers to the five limbsof the calendar: Vaara, Month and Tithi, Nakshatra, yoga, karana. The panchangam may also includes details aboutRahu kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika Kalam, Durmuhurtham, Varjyam, Lagna Pravesh tables, daily planetory transists, andother information. The panchangam presented on this website contains enough information for people followingdifferent 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 buypanchang 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 Luni-Solar. Mainly Luni-Solarcalendar is used. Luni-Solar Panchangam means it is designed to keep phase with the tropical year (Actually SolarSidereal year) using lunar months. In a Lunar year there are twelve months, However the whole lunar month is addedat 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 withamavasya) and Purnimant (ending with Purnima). However certain regions in India do follow solar months incombination 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 basedon 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.

  Please clear your browser (Internet Explorer or whatever browser you are using) cache 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 appropriatemonth 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 othercountries 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 whichis 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 savingtime applies.

  The next lines indicate month name and paksha -- krishna paksha (wanning moon, leading to new moon) orshukla paksha (waxing moon, leading to full moon) (Pausha Shukla Paksha). There are two paksha in indian

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month. Krishna paksha and Shukla Paksha. Certain parts of India uses poornimant months -- Month endingwith 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 withamavasya or new moon. Their months will start from shukla paksha and ends with krishna paksha havingpoornima in middle. There are twelve lunar months in a year. Sometimes when within a given month sun'ssign doesn't change it becomes adhika masa giving us 13 months in a year. The Hindu calendar is based onthe 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 thebasis of civil calendars. There is a difference of 11 days between the lunar year and the solar year. Due to thisdifference the two calendars move out of synchronization and we notice that Holi is celebrated earlier andearlier 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 oradhika masa (thirteenth month) is added to the Hindu calendar to bring it back in synchronization with thesolar 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 timewhen it is going to end. If the tithi ends after midnight but before next sunrise the endtime will have a valuegreater than 24 hours. To get actual time please subtract 24 from the time. Please remember that Indian datedoes not change at midnight 0:00 hours. the day is from one sunrise to another sunrise. (T:Trayodashii08:18:20). 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). Unlikeother 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 wheredaylight saving time applies. In vedic timekeeping, a tithi (also spelled thithi) is a lunar day, or the time ittakes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varyingtimes of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximate 26 hours. Unlike english dates theduration varies. The english date starts at midnight to another midnight. There are 30 days in one lunarmonths. 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 KrishnaPaksha 13 (Trayodashi), 14 (Chaturdashi), and Amavasya in all good work. Please also avoid Shukla paksha's1 (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 4-9-14, KrishnaTrayodashi, Amavasya, Shukla Paksha prathama 1 tithi. Rest of tithis are good for weddings. According tosome 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, fortifiedlagna 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 indicateswhen 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 Aswininakshatra on Tuesday, Rohini nakshatra on Saturday, and Pushyami nakshatra on Thrusday for all grahapravesha, marraige, and travel muhurthas. Although these combination causes Amrit Siddhi yoga but, thesame combination is not good for above said purposes. Unlike other online panchangam, all times presentedin 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 throughduring its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology. Therefore, each represents a division of the ecliptic similar to the zodiac (13°20’ 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 avoidyour 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.

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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, andFriday. Nakshatra: Rohini, U.Phalguni, U.Shadha, Dhanistha, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. In themuhurtha 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 birthnakshatra to nakshatra of the muhurtha day you are seeking. Please avoid 1-3-5-7-10-12-14-16-19-21-23-25nakshatra counting from your birth nakshatra. For example: If your birth nakshatra is swati, and today'snakshatra is aswhini, now counting from swati to ashwini it gives us the count of 14th Which is not a goodtarabalam. 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 goingto 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 thereare two lines for karana, where the time next to the karana indicates when it is going to end. The same rulesfor tithi timings applies to karana as well. (Balav 08:32:33). Please try to avoid vishti (Bhadra) karana in allauspicious ceremonies. Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have beenadjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for otherplaces 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 ruleapplies 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 theold 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 pujabut 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 rasimoon 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 countis 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 inauspiciousin the South as he is considered a malefic for auspicious functions. The time frame indicates rahu kalamduration. (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 consideredinauspicious. The time frame indicates yama kalam duration. (YM:11:09-12:12). Please avoid this time foryour muhurtha.

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

  The AJ: means Abhijit Muhurtha (AJ: 12:30- 13:18). It is Sri Hari Vishnu's time. When you don't have any

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muhurtham you can use this time if its not overlapped by rahu kalam or durmuhurtham, or varjyam. OnWednesday abhijit muhurtham is bad as its the same time as durmuhurtham, hence we gave onlydurmuhurtham time on wednesday not the abhijit muhurtha time. For other days please check rahu kalam aswell.

  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 andlasts 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 agood time. There could be more than one Amrit kala line. This time is good for annaprasanam samskara aswell as other rituals.

   About Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam: What most online panchangam, and otherpanchangam 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 worldevery day. People who live in North America, Europe, Australia and other places where in summer sun rises at4:00 AM (with the daylight time added 5:00 AM) and sets at 8:00 PM, and in winter sun rises at 8:00 PM andsets at 3:45 PM this rahu kalam time given above is off by hours then minutes (as one of my learned friendargued the world is not going to change if rahukalam is off by minutes, we are not talking about minutes buthours. For example in winter in certain places (America, Europe, Australia, etc..) if sun rises at 8:10AM andrahukalam duration is 7:30AM to 9:00 AM, sunrise doesn't happen till 8:10AM , so you are off by 40 minuteshere (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 sunrises at 6:00 AM), and being winter sunrises at 8:10 AM, so your yamagandam has already passed beforesunrise? aren't you off by one and half hour?. Rahukalam, Yamaganadam doesn't start till sunrise. Even inIndia 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 in99% 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 bethe 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 notthe precise one?

The fix rahu kalam is taken for ease of calculation, and simplicity. So it is important to calculate rahukalamand 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. Traditionallychogadia 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 chaugadiaare Rog, kaal, Udyog. Mostly people calculate chogadia from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM which is wrong as sundoesn't rise at 6:00 AM and doesn't set at 6:00 PM. The actual way is to calculate dinamana and divide by 8an 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 hereand 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 changesfrom place to place, Hence we need longitude and latitude of the place for correct lagna. That's the anotherreason why indian muhurtham calculated for india can't be used outside of india, even after subtracting thetime difference. Lagna has very important role in muhurtham. Lagna shuddhi removes most evils and withoutlagna shuddhi it gives all bad yogas. At the time of muhurtha There shouldn't be any evil grahas / planets inkendra 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 usinglagna table calculated in our panchangam for each place's panchang. This langna is the rasi in first house. Forany place in the world, the Sun will be always in the first house during the sunrise, during the midday sun will

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be in the 10th house, during the evening sun will be in 7th house, and during the midnight sun will be in the4th house. Some astrologers even knowing this fact makes the same mistake of subtracting appropriate timedifferences from indian muhurtha and give out wrong muhurtha (unknowingly).Good Lagna for Grahapravesha: Vrishabha (2), Mithuna, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, Kumbha, andMina.

  Panchaka Rahita Vidhi for Muhurtha - Important ceremonies such as marriage, nuptials, entry into newhouses, 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 ourpanchangam. It's the top most header of the column. For the night time muhurtha please don'tchange 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 ourpanchangam. 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 lagnafrom 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 resultsas 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), andKumbha(11) lagna. Let's add these together. This gives us total of 39. Now divide this total of 39 by 9 givingus the reminder of 3 hence it is good. Please consult astrologer for advanced panchaka rahita vidhi.

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