Vedic · Panchanga
Today’s panchanga — the five limbs of now.
The Vedic almanac reads any moment through five elements — tithi, karana, yoga, nakshatra, vara. Together they describe the quality of time: what it favors, what it resists, what it’s made of. Computed against the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa); updated every fifteen minutes.
Today’s quality of time
What this moment favors.
Today is Friday (Shukravara, ruled by Venus (Shukra)) in the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon transits Shravana, the listener's mansion. The active tithi is Saptami, and the prevailing yoga (Vaidhriti) is classically challenging. Krishna Saptami brings the solar energy into a review mode. Favorable for health assessments, accountability check-ins, reviewing how visible you want to be in an ongoing matter. Taken together: the day carries the themes of Venus — love, beauty, pleasure, refinement — and Shravana shapes the quality of whatever you undertake.
Tithi
Saptami
Waning · day 7
Nakshatra
Shravana
Pada 2 · lord moon
Yoga
Vaidhriti
Challenging
Karana
Bava
Movable
Vara
Shukravara
Friday · venus
Tithi · Waning lunar day
Saptami
Health, vitality, the solar light on a matter.
- Deity
- Surya (Sun)
- Number
- 7 of 15 in the krishna paksha
- Elapsed
- 65% traversed
Krishna Saptami brings the solar energy into a review mode. Favorable for health assessments, accountability check-ins, reviewing how visible you want to be in an ongoing matter.
Nakshatra · Lunar mansion
Shravana
The listener. Learning by attention, receiving transmission from a teacher.
- Symbol
- Three footprints / an ear
- Presiding deity
- Vishnu (preserver)
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Zodiac span
- Capricorn 10° – 23°20'
- Current pada
- 2 of 4
Shravana means 'listening' — the Moon here attunes you to transmission. Not the mansion to talk; the mansion to receive. Favorable for: studying with a teacher, attending lectures or seminars, listening to music seriously, long conversations where you're the one asking questions, recording interviews, research where the source is another person. Less favorable for: broadcasting, talks where you're the speaker, situations where your voice is the product. If a teacher or elder is available today, sit with them. What they know is available under this lunar mansion in a way it often isn't.
Yoga · Sun-Moon combination
Vaidhriti
Separation. Traditionally inauspicious — defer starts and commitments.
- Classical nature
- Inauspicious (ashubha)
- Elapsed
- 74% traversed
Yogas are calculated from the combined longitude of Sun and Moon and cycle through 27 named states. The classification of a yoga as auspicious, inauspicious, or mixed is not cosmic judgment — it’s the tradition’s compressed read on what kinds of action the energy tends to support. Use it as one input among several; the nakshatra, tithi, and vara each weigh in.
Karana · Half-tithi
Bava
The generous karana — broadly auspicious.
- Type
- Movable (chara)
Bava is considered one of the most favorable karanas — good for starting, traveling, worshipping, and general auspicious work. If the tithi and nakshatra cooperate, Bava reinforces the green light.
Vara · Weekday
Shukravara — Friday
Venusian day — love, beauty, pleasure, refinement.
- Ruling graha
- Venus (Shukra)
Shukravara is Venus's day. Favorable for matters of love and relationship, beauty, art, aesthetics, refinement, luxury, and pleasure. Classical advice: honor the aesthetic, sensual, and relational on Fridays. A traditional day for ease and enjoyment.
Common questions
About the panchanga
What is panchanga?
Panchanga (literally, 'five limbs') is the traditional Hindu almanac. It describes any given moment through five astronomical elements: tithi (the lunar day, based on the angular distance between Sun and Moon), karana (half a tithi), yoga (a combination of solar and lunar longitude), nakshatra (the lunar mansion, a 13°20' slice of the zodiac the Moon is traversing), and vara (the weekday, each ruled by a graha). Together they give the quality of time — what the moment favors and what it resists.
Why does panchanga change throughout the day?
The Moon moves roughly 13° per day, which means the nakshatra can change about once every 13 hours and a 13°20' tithi typically advances every 24 hours — though exact transition times vary because the Moon's speed is not constant. This page recomputes every 15 minutes, so a reload near a transition will show the active element for right now.
Do I need my birth location for panchanga?
No. Unlike a birth chart, panchanga is computed from the moment in time — the angular positions of the Sun and Moon at that instant, referenced to the sidereal zodiac (via the Lahiri ayanamsa by default). Some traditional Indian panchang printings compute 'today's panchanga' as of your local sunrise; this page computes it as of right now. For tomorrow's-at-sunrise, the almanac page is on the roadmap.
What if today's yoga or karana is listed as inauspicious?
Classical Vedic astrology flags certain periods (like the Vishti karana, or yogas like Vyatipata and Vaidhriti) as times to defer important new beginnings — weddings, launches, major contracts. That doesn't mean nothing can be done; routine work continues. The tradition is saying: if you have flexibility, pick a window where the quality of time is supportive. If you don't, proceed mindfully.
What ayanamsa does this page use?
The default is Lahiri (Chitrapaksha), which is the most widely used ayanamsa in modern Indian astrology and the one adopted by the Government of India's Rashtriya Panchang. The engine supports other ayanamsas (Raman, Krishnamurti, Fagan-Bradley, Sri Yukteshwar); an ayanamsa selector will appear when we ship the full Vedic birth-chart page.
Computation
Panchanga values are computed from Kriya, our astrology engine, using the Lahiri ayanamsa by default. Sun and Moon positions derive from VSOP87D (planetary theory by Bureau des Longitudes) and a truncated ELP2000 lunar model, yielding arcsecond-grade accuracy. Classical interpretations are drawn from standard Vedic references — the mansions, tithis, and yogas are ancient material; the phrasing is modern. Computed, not generated.