How this calendar is built
Every number on this page is computed from the Swiss Ephemeris for the place you choose, not copied from a printed almanac. Each day shows its tithi, the lunar day, taken at local sunrise as tradition requires. The header shows the lunar month, named for the solar ingress that falls inside it, which is also how the calendar knows when an extra adhika month occurs and skips festivals in it.
Festivals are placed by the classical rules rather than by a fixed table. Most are fixed by the tithi at sunrise. Ganesh Chaturthi and Ram Navami look at midday, Vijayadashami at the afternoon, Maha Shivaratri and Janmashtami at midnight, Karva Chauth at moonrise, and Dhanteras and Diwali at the evening pradosha. That is why the same festival can fall a day apart in two cities, and why the calendar asks where you are.
The daily panchanga
Pick any day and the panel below the grid gives the five limbs, tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara, each with the exact time it ends, plus sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and Rahu kaal. Times are given on the clock of the place you selected, daylight saving included. The panchanga feature page explains how each limb is read.
Where to go next
- Choosing an auspicious muhurat from the panchanga and your own chart
- All 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions each day falls in
- The twelve rashis and the nine grahas
- Rahu in Capricorn from December 2026, with the eclipses on that axis
- Start the free Astrology 101 course