Learn the Panchangam
The Five Limbs of Time
Every Hindu calendar date is really five separate measurements working together. Learn what each one means — then see today's actual values, live.
Today's Panchangam
- Tithi
- Krishna Ekadashi
- Vaara
- Monday
- Nakshatra
- Punarvasu
- Yoga
- Variyana
- Karana
- Balava
- Masa
- Shravana
- Rashi
- Simha
- Samvatsara
- Vishvavasu
Shown for India (IST). Your own region may look slightly different.
Pick a Concept to Learn
Tithi
तिथिः
The Moon's day — a lunar 'day' measured by angle, not clock time.
30 tithis · 2 pakshas
Vaara
वारः
The weekday — the one panchangam measurement you already use every day.
7 vaaras · 1 per graha
Nakshatra
नक्षत्रम्
The lunar mansion — which of 27 constellations the Moon is passing through right now.
27 nakshatras
Yoga
योगः
A measurement of how the Sun and Moon are combined in the sky — one of the lesser-known but equally real limbs of the panchangam.
27 yogas
Karana
करणम्
Half a tithi — a finer-grained slice of the lunar day.
11 karanas · 60 per month
Masa
मासः
The lunar month — named after the zodiac sign the Sun is in, not a fixed Gregorian month.
12 masas · +Adhik Masa
Rashi
राशिः
The zodiac sign the Sun is currently passing through — the sidereal sign that gives Masa its name.
12 rashis
Samvatsara
संवत्सरः
The year's name in a 60-year cycle — a whole different way of naming years than counting up from an epoch.
60-year cycle