Today’s Panchang & Hindu Calendar
The panchāṅga is the almanac of the day. Pick a date and a place below and Uttanka shows you the two things that matter most: when to avoid important undertakings (Rāhu Kālam, Yamaganda, Gulika) and the auspicious window to act (Abhijit muhūrta) — plus the full five limbs: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vāra.
Everything here is pure astronomical calculation — sidereal positions on the Lahiri ayanāṁśa and local sunrise/sunset, the same engine that powers Uttanka. It is free and needs no account.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Panchāṅga?
The panchāṅga (panchang) is the Hindu almanac of the day, built from five limbs (pañca-aṅga): the tithi (lunar day), the nakshatra (Moon's constellation), the yoga, the karana, and the vāra (weekday). Together they describe the quality and rhythm of any given day, and traditionally guide when to begin important work.
What is Rāhu Kālam and should I avoid it?
Rāhu Kālam is an inauspicious window of roughly 90 minutes that falls on a different part of the day for each weekday. Traditionally, people avoid starting important or new undertakings — signing, travelling, opening a venture — during this window, though ongoing routine work is fine. It is a custom, not a hard rule: many treat it as a gentle nudge to wait an hour rather than a prohibition. This page also shows two related caution windows, Yamaganda and Gulika Kālam.
What is Abhijit Muhūrta?
Abhijit muhūrta is a short auspicious window of around 45 minutes centred on local solar noon. It is considered a reliably favourable time to begin something — across most days it is regarded as one of the best brief muhūrtas for action, which is why we surface it alongside the windows to avoid.
What is a tithi / nakshatra?
A tithi is a lunar day — the time it takes the Moon to gain 12° on the Sun — so the lunar month runs through 30 tithis across the waxing (Shukla) and waning (Krishna) fortnights. A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions, the segment of the zodiac the Moon occupies; it carries its own ruling planet and qualities. Both shift through the day, so the panchang shows the one in effect.
Why does the panchang change by city?
The five limbs are nearly the same everywhere on a given date, but the day's kālas — Rāhu Kālam, Yamaganda, Gulika and Abhijit — are built from local sunrise and sunset. Because the sun rises and sets at different clock times in different cities, these windows shift accordingly. That is why we ask for a place: the times you see are computed for that exact location and date.