Daily Hindu Almanac
Panchang Today
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Today's tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana — plus sunrise and sunset, Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal, choghadiya and the day's shubh muhurat windows.
Timings are calculated for Toronto, Canada and are sunrise-based, so they shift with your city. For the briefing computed for your own location, see today's cosmic briefing.
Sunday — Krishna Ashtami · Moon in Pushya (Cancer) · Rahu Kaal 3:52 PM – 5:09 PM
Today's Panchang
The five limbs (pancha anga), prevailing at sunrise — the classical convention for the civil day.
- Tithi
- Krishna Ashtami · Krishna Paksha, day 8
- Nakshatra
- Pushya · pada 3 · lord Saturn
- Yoga
- Shubha
- Karana
- Balava
- Vara
- Sunday · ruled by Sun
- Moon sign
- Cancer
Pushya is a Laghu (swift) nakshatra — traditionally good for auspicious beginnings, spiritual practice.
Sun & Caution Windows
All three kalams are eighths of today's daylight — avoid new beginnings inside them.
- Sunrise
- 6:53 AM
- Sunset
- 5:09 PM
- Day length
- 10h 16m
- Rahu Kaal
- 3:52 PM – 5:09 PM
- Yamagandam
- 12:01 PM – 1:18 PM
- Gulika Kaal
- 2:35 PM – 3:52 PM
Rahu Kaal is the best-known of the three: a daily window ruled by Rahu, kept clear of launches, signings and departures. Gulika Kaal (Saturn's son Gulika) and Yamagandam (Yama's segment) carry the same caution.
Shubh Muhurat Today
Broadly auspicious windows for Toronto, Canada — the day's good choghadiya periods plus the Abhijit muhurta.
- Char ChoghadiyaTravel, journeys, movable matters8:10 AM – 9:27 AM
- Labh ChoghadiyaBusiness, profit, study, deals9:27 AM – 10:44 AM
- Amrit ChoghadiyaAll auspicious beginnings — the best segment of the day10:44 AM – 12:01 PM
- Abhijit MuhurtaThe midday muhurta around solar noon — classically good for most beginnings11:37 AM – 12:25 PM
- Shubh ChoghadiyaWeddings, puja, education, spiritual work1:18 PM – 2:35 PM
Choosing a date for a wedding, griha pravesh, business opening or journey needs more than the general windows — the occasion, the tithi and the rising sign all get screened. Use the shubh muhurat finder for that.
Choghadiya Today
Daylight split into eight equal segments from sunrise. Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Char are auspicious; Rog, Kaal and Udveg are avoided.
Day choghadiya · sunrise to sunset
| # | Time | Choghadiya | Nature | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:53 AM – 8:10 AM | Udveg | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings — government matters only |
| 2 | 8:10 AM – 9:27 AMNow | Char | Auspicious | Travel, journeys, movable matters |
| 3 | 9:27 AM – 10:44 AM | Labh | Auspicious | Business, profit, study, deals |
| 4 | 10:44 AM – 12:01 PM | Amrit | Auspicious | All auspicious beginnings — the best segment of the day |
| 5 | 12:01 PM – 1:18 PM | Kaal | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings |
| 6 | 1:18 PM – 2:35 PM | Shubh | Auspicious | Weddings, puja, education, spiritual work |
| 7 | 2:35 PM – 3:52 PM | Rog | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings |
| 8 | 3:52 PM – 5:09 PM | Udveg | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings — government matters only |
Night choghadiya · sunset to sunrise
| # | Time | Choghadiya | Nature | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:09 PM – 6:52 PM | Shubh | Auspicious | Weddings, puja, education, spiritual work |
| 2 | 6:52 PM – 8:35 PM | Amrit | Auspicious | All auspicious beginnings — the best segment of the day |
| 3 | 8:35 PM – 10:18 PM | Char | Auspicious | Travel, journeys, movable matters |
| 4 | 10:18 PM – 12:02 AM | Kaal | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings |
| 5 | 12:02 AM – 1:45 AM | Udveg | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings — government matters only |
| 6 | 1:45 AM – 3:28 AM | Rog | Avoid | Avoid new beginnings |
| 7 | 3:28 AM – 5:11 AM | Labh | Auspicious | Business, profit, study, deals |
| 8 | 5:11 AM – 6:54 AM | Shubh | Auspicious | Weddings, puja, education, spiritual work |
New to the system? Choghadiya explained walks through the lords, the tables and a worked example.
How to Read a Panchang
A panchang (also spelled panchangam) is the Hindu almanac — for over a thousand years it has been the first page consulted each morning across India. Where a Western calendar tells you the date, a panchang tells you the quality of the day: which lunar day is running, which star the Moon is crossing, when the Sun rises and sets, and which hours are favourable or best avoided. Temples, weddings, business openings and journeys are still timed by it every single day.
The name means “five limbs” — pancha anga — and those five limbs are the heart of the page:
1.Tithi — the lunar day
A tithi is one step of the Moon away from the Sun: every 12° of separation is one tithi. Fifteen tithis make the waxing half (Shukla Paksha, ending at the full Moon, Purnima) and fifteen the waning half (Krishna Paksha, ending at Amavasya, the new Moon). Tithi is the limb most people check first — Ekadashi, Purnima and Amavasya fasts and festivals are all fixed by it.
2.Vara — the weekday
Each weekday is ruled by a planet: Sunday by the Sun, Monday by the Moon, Tuesday by Mars, Wednesday by Mercury, Thursday by Jupiter, Friday by Venus, Saturday by Saturn. The vara sets the day's background tone and also fixes the positions of Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam and Gulika Kaal, which rotate by weekday.
3.Nakshatra — the Moon's star
The Moon crosses one of 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions) roughly each day. The day's nakshatra — judged at sunrise — colours the day's activities; each is classed by nature (fixed, movable, sharp, gentle…) with traditional do's and don'ts, shown beside today's nakshatra above. Your birth nakshatra, from your janma kundli, is the star the Moon occupied when you were born.
4.Yoga — the Sun–Moon combination
Add the Sun's and Moon's longitudes together and divide the circle into 27 parts: the result is the day's yoga, with names like Siddhi (accomplishment), Amrita-like Shubha (auspicious) or Vyatipata (a fall, traditionally avoided). Yoga is the quietest of the five limbs, but classical muhurta screens it before blessing any date.
5.Karana — half a tithi
A karana is half a tithi — the working unit of the almanac, changing roughly every six hours. There are 11 karanas: seven movable ones that cycle (Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija, Vishti) and four fixed. Vishti karana — also called Bhadra — is the famous one: tradition avoids starting important work while it runs.
Reading today's page in 60 seconds
- Start with the tithi and nakshatra — they set the day's character and any fasts or festivals.
- Note the caution windows — keep launches, signings and departures out of Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam and Gulika Kaal.
- Pick a shubh window — for everyday beginnings, an Amrit, Shubh or Labh choghadiya, or the Abhijit muhurta at midday.
- Remember the location — every timing on this page hangs off Toronto's sunrise. Travelling or living elsewhere? The whole table shifts with your sunrise.
Our longer guide, Aaj Ka Panchang — how to read it, goes deeper, and the Rahu Kaal explainer covers the most-checked window of all.
Panchang Questions, Answered
What is today's panchang?
For Sunday, November 1, 2026 (Toronto, Canada): tithi is Krishna Ashtami, nakshatra is Pushya (pada 3), yoga is Shubha and karana is Balava. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset 5:09 PM. The five limbs are those prevailing at sunrise — the classical convention for the civil day.
What is Rahu Kaal today, and what should I avoid during it?
Rahu Kaal today (Toronto, Canada) is 3:52 PM – 5:09 PM. Rahu Kaal is a roughly 90-minute window each day — one eighth of the daylight hours — traditionally considered unfavourable for starting new ventures, signing agreements, travel departures and major purchases. Routine work already in progress is fine; the tradition is about beginnings, not about stopping your day.
What is the shubh muhurat today?
Today's broadly auspicious windows (Toronto, Canada) are Char Choghadiya 8:10 AM – 9:27 AM; Labh Choghadiya 9:27 AM – 10:44 AM; Amrit Choghadiya 10:44 AM – 12:01 PM; Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 AM – 12:25 PM; Shubh Choghadiya 1:18 PM – 2:35 PM. These are general-purpose windows from the day's choghadiya and the Abhijit muhurta. A wedding, house-warming or business launch needs a fuller election — tithi, nakshatra and lagna screened for the occasion — which is what a dedicated muhurta finder is for.
What are the five elements (pancha anga) of a panchang?
Pancha means five and anga means limb. The five limbs are: (1) Tithi — the lunar day, from the Moon's distance ahead of the Sun; (2) Vara — the weekday, each ruled by a planet; (3) Nakshatra — the star the Moon is passing through; (4) Yoga — a quality formed by the Sun's and Moon's combined longitudes; and (5) Karana — half a tithi, the working unit used for timing activities. Together they describe the texture of a day the way a weather report describes the sky.
Why do panchang timings change from city to city?
Because most of them are sunrise-based. Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam, Gulika Kaal and choghadiya are all fractions of your local daylight, and the tithi and nakshatra shown are those prevailing at your local sunrise. Move to a different city — or a different time zone — and the whole page shifts. That is why this page states its location basis (Toronto) openly, and why a printed one-city almanac never quite matched anywhere else.
How is this panchang calculated?
The Sun's and Moon's sidereal (Lahiri) longitudes come from the Swiss Ephemeris — the same engine professional astrologers use — and every element is derived with the classical formulas: tithi from the Moon–Sun elongation, nakshatra from the Moon's longitude, yoga from their sum, karana as half-tithis, and the kalams as eighths of the measured daylight between the NOAA sunrise and sunset for the location. The same engine powers every chart and report on this site.
What is choghadiya, and which choghadiya is best?
Choghadiya is the everyday muhurta system of North and West India: daylight and night are each divided into eight equal segments ruled in a fixed weekday order by seven period-lords. Amrit is considered the best, followed by Shubh and Labh; Char is good, especially for travel; Rog, Kaal and Udveg are avoided for new beginnings. Today's full day and night choghadiya tables are on this page.
Your chart, not just the day's
The panchang is the weather. Your kundli is the climate.
Cast your free Vedic birth chart to see the tithis, nakshatras and dashas that shape your whole life — and how today's sky touches your own stars.