Panchangam for Thursday, 18 December 2025
Margashira Masa · Krishna Chaturdasi
Sun & Moon
- Sunrise
- 07:02 AM
- Sunset
- 05:45 PM
- Moonrise
- 05:34 AM
- Moonset
- 04:09 PM
Panchangam day runs to next sunrise, 07:03 AM
Sun's path today
Timings through the day
AuspiciousInauspicious
- Brahma Muhurta05:26 AM – 06:14 AM
- Yamagandam07:02 AM – 08:22 AM
- Amrita Kalam08:27 AM – 10:15 AM
- Gulika Kalam09:43 AM – 11:03 AM
- Durmuhurtam10:36 AM – 11:19 AM
- Auspicious window11:19 AM – 12:23 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta12:02 PM – 12:45 PM
- Auspicious window01:17 PM – 01:44 PM
- Rahu Kalam01:44 PM – 03:04 PM
- Durmuhurtam02:53 PM – 03:36 PM
- Auspicious window03:58 PM – 05:45 PM
- Varjyam02:21 AM (next day) – 04:08 AM (next day)
The hours ruled by the benefic planets — Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon — with rahu kalam, yamagandam, gulika, durmuhurtam and varjyam removed. Stricter than most printed panchangams, on purpose.
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturdasiuntil 05:02 AM (next day)then Amavasya
- Nakshatra
- Anuradhauntil 08:07 PMthen Jyeshtha
- Yoga
- Dhritiuntil 03:05 PMthen Shoola
- Karana
- Vishtiuntil 03:50 PMthen Shakuni · until 05:02 AM (next day)then Chatushpada · until 06:10 PM (next day)
- Masa
- Margashira
- Vaara
- Thursday
- Shraddha tithi
- Krishna ChaturdasiThe tithi in aparahna, by which shraddha and tarpana are reckoned.
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About this day
Today is Krishna Chaturdasi of Margashira, holding until 05:02 AM. It is a rikta — "empty" — tithi, one of the three each fortnight that are traditionally set aside for weddings, housewarmings and new ventures.
That does not make it a bad day. Rikta tithis suit exactly what their name suggests: clearing, concluding, settling debts, medical treatment, and finishing what is already under way. The waning chaturdashi is also Masik Shivaratri, kept with a night vigil. The moon is in Anuradha, devotion that keeps its shape under pressure until 08:07 PM. Rahu kalam is 01:44 PM–03:04 PM.
The day runs from 07:02 AM to 05:45 PM, 10h 43m of daylight, the yoga is Dhriti and the karana Vishti, the moon stands in Dhanus. Abhijit muhurta, the window centred on solar noon, falls between 12:02 PM and 12:45 PM. All of these are computed for India (IST); change the city in the header and they move with it.
Timings are computed astronomically for the selected city. Printed and regional panchangams can differ, and practice can differ by a day — please confirm important dates with the panchangam your family follows.