Access today's complete Tamil Panchangam: your Nakshatra, Tithi, inauspicious Rahu Kalam, and the best muhurtas for important activities — calculated from live sky positions.
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Day of the week and its ruling planet — sets the base tone of the day.
Lunar day (1–30) measuring the angular distance between Sun and Moon.
The Moon's current birth star — one of 27 celestial mansions.
Lunisolar combination formed by summing Sun and Moon longitudes.
Half-day unit — 11 types cycled across the lunar month.
Why Rekhai
Every Nakshatra, Tithi, and Yoga is calculated from actual Sun and Moon positions — not pre-printed tables that can be days off.
Full coverage of all 27 lunar mansions with their qualities, ruling deities, and daily guidance in Tamil and English.
Precise daily timings for Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika Kalam, and the best auspicious windows for your activities.
All five Panchangam elements — and their interpretations — delivered in both Tamil (தமிழ்) and English.
Daily Timings
~90-minute inauspicious daily period. Avoid beginning important activities. Changes by weekday and shifts with sunrise at your location.
Daily period governed by Yama, considered unfavourable for auspicious beginnings. Calculated parallel to Rahu Kalam.
Period associated with Saturn's offspring Gulika (Mandi). Generally avoided for auspicious events and new ventures.
The ~48-minute window around solar noon. Considered universally auspicious — a powerful time for important undertakings.
~96 minutes before sunrise. The most sacred window of the day for prayer, meditation, and spiritual practice.
Precise sunrise and sunset times calculated for your location — anchoring all daily period timings to your actual sky.
How It Works
Navigate to the Panchangam section in the Rekhai app. Select today's date and your location — or allow location access for automatic detection.
Rekhai computes the current positions of the Sun and Moon using live ephemeris data. From these, all five Panchangam elements are derived: Vara, Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana — along with today's precise sunrise and sunset.
Classical Panchangam rules are applied to today's five elements. You receive a complete daily almanac in Tamil and English: Nakshatra qualities, Tithi significance, inauspicious Rahu Kalam windows, and the best muhurta times for your day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Panchangam (also Panchanga or Panjangam) is the traditional Hindu almanac used across India for over 2,000 years. The word means "five limbs" in Sanskrit — Vara (weekday), Tithi (lunar day), Nakshatra (Moon's birth star), Yoga (lunisolar combination), and Karana (half-day unit). Together these five elements determine the quality of any given moment for starting activities, performing rituals, and choosing auspicious times.
Rahu Kalam is a daily period of approximately 90 minutes considered inauspicious for beginning new activities, according to South Indian Panchangam tradition. It is assigned to one of eight daytime segments based on the day of the week. Rekhai calculates Rahu Kalam precisely for your location using live ephemeris data. Most traditional practitioners avoid starting journeys, business deals, or important decisions during this window.
Check today's Panchangam before important activities. For starting a new project, signing a contract, beginning a journey, or performing a puja — look at the current Tithi, Nakshatra, and Yoga for their qualities, and check Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, and Gulika Kalam for inauspicious windows to avoid. Muhurta selection — choosing the best moment to begin — is one of the most practical daily uses of Panchangam.
A Nakshatra is one of 27 lunar mansions that divide the 360-degree zodiac into equal 13°20' segments. The Moon traverses all 27 Nakshatras over approximately 27.3 days. Each Nakshatra has a ruling deity, ruling planet, and characteristic qualities that influence events occurring under it. The Nakshatra the Moon occupied at your birth is your Janma Nakshatra (birth star) — a key indicator in Jyotish for personality, Dasha calculations, and compatibility matching.
Tamil and Telugu Panchangams follow the same five-limb structure but differ in naming conventions for Nakshatras, Tithis, and months; the regional new year date (Tamil Puthandu vs. Telugu Ugadi); and certain local festival timings. Both traditions are equally valid within their regions. Rekhai's Panchangam follows the Tamil tradition, using Tamil names for all elements alongside their English equivalents.
Yes. Rekhai calculates every day's Panchangam using live ephemeris data — the actual current positions of the Sun and Moon — rather than pre-printed tables. This means Nakshatra, Tithi, Yoga, and Karana timings, as well as Rahu Kalam and Yamagandam windows, are precise for each date and location. Calculations are grounded in 1,778 classical Panchangam rules.
Know your Nakshatra, avoid Rahu Kalam, and choose the right moment — every day, in Tamil and English.
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