Hindu Panchang
The Vedic Panchang (पञ्चाङ्ग, “five limbs”) is the traditional Hindu almanac that encodes the day's astronomical and astrological structure: tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (lunar mansion), yoga (sun-moon longitude sum), karana (half-tithi), and vara (weekday). Bhakti5 computes the Panchang from first principles — Lahiri ayanamsa, accurate sunrise/sunset for your city — and uses it to derive every muhurat, vrat date and festival calendar on the site.
Daily
- Today's Panchang
Full tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, vara and muhurat for today in your city.
Calendar views
- Monthly Panchang
Grid view of the current month — tap any day for the full day detail.
- Weekly Panchang
Seven-day overview of tithi, nakshatra and key muhurat windows.
- Panchang Calendar 2026
Year-at-a-glance Hindu calendar with festival and vrat markers.
Special days
- Amavasya Dates
New Moon dates with start/end times and significance.
- Purnima Dates
Full Moon dates with start/end times and significance.
- Sankranti Dates
Solar zodiac transitions across the 12 rashis.
- Solar & Lunar Eclipses
Surya and Chandra grahan dates with visibility windows.
Timings
- Sunrise & Sunset
Sun and moon timings computed from astronomy.
- Amrit Kalam & Varjyam
Auspicious and inauspicious time windows based on nakshatra.
- Nalla Neram
Tamil tradition auspicious time periods.
- Yoga & Karana
Full reference for the 27 yogas and 11 karanas of the Vedic Panchang.
Guidance
- Panchang Dos & Donts
Practical reading: which activities to favor or avoid based on the Panchang.
What is a Panchang?
Tithi is the lunar day — one of 30 divisions of the synodic month based on the angular separation between the Sun and the Moon. Shukla Paksha is the waxing fortnight (Pratipada through Purnima); Krishna Paksha is the waning fortnight (Pratipada through Amavasya).
Nakshatra is one of 27 lunar mansions — the 13°20' segments of the ecliptic the Moon traverses each sidereal month. Each nakshatra has a presiding deity, ruling planet, and associated activities suitable for that time.
Yoga is one of 27 calculated values based on the sum of solar and lunar longitudes — used to identify auspicious and inauspicious windows. Karana is a half-tithi unit (60 karanas per month); seven of the eleven karanas are named, four rotate.
Vara is the weekday — Ravivara (Sunday) through Shanivara (Saturday). Each vara has its own ruling planet and spiritual significance, foundational to muhurat selection.
All Bhakti5 Panchang calculations are computed in-house from astronomical first principles — no third-party astrology APIs, no licensed almanac data. See the full Panchang glossary for definitions of every term used on the site.