Panchanga means five limbs: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara. Together they describe the quality of a day in Vedic reckoning, and they are what a traditional calendar is actually built from.
The Hindu calendar here shows the lunar month and tithi for every day, places the festivals of the year by the classical rules, and gives the panchanga for any date and any city, all computed from the same ephemeris as the charts.
What it covers
The five limbs
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara for any date, with the times they change rather than a single daily label.
Bikram Sambat both ways
BS to AD and back, so a Nepali date and a Gregorian one always line up.
Festivals
The festival calendar, tied to the tithis that actually determine the dates.
Choghadiya and muhurat windows
The auspicious and inauspicious segments of the day, computed for your location.
What it will not do
A panchanga is location dependent. Sunrise decides where a vara begins and which tithi is current, so a day read for Kathmandu is not identical to the same day read elsewhere.
Questions
What is a tithi?
A lunar day, the time the Moon takes to gain 12 degrees on the Sun. It does not align with a 24-hour day, which is why a tithi can begin and end at odd hours.
Can I convert Bikram Sambat dates?
Yes, in both directions, for any date the calendar covers.
Is the panchanga computed or looked up?
Computed from the Swiss Ephemeris for the date and location, not read from a fixed table.
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