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Times marked +1 fall after midnight on the next day;
−1 means it began the previous day.
⏰ Muhurtam
Who is this for?
Please note: The slot finder is guidance for everyday timing, not how formal muhurtams are fixed.
Tiers (Excellent/Good/Fair/Avoid) rank slots relative to each other within this search:
"Excellent" means the best of what turned up for these dates, not a universal guarantee, and
"Good" or "Fair" slots without a caution noted below them can be perfectly fine choices.
A slot carrying a named caution (Rikta tithi, Ashtama Chandra, Visha/Dagdha yoga, etc.) is
capped below Excellent and explained in its notes; read those regardless of tier.
Setting a muhurtam weighs many more factors (tithi, vara, yoga, lagna and planetary positions) together.
For weddings, gruhapravesham, upanayanam and other major events, or if a slot's notes raise a
caution you're unsure about, please consult your purohit,
or ask Dr Chaganti at astrochaganti.com.
🪐 Daily Horoscope
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Positions are the sky at sunrise on the chosen date — the chart's
snapshot convention, like the rest of this site. The Moon changes rashi every 2–2½ days, so by evening it
may already be in the next rashi (the "Coming up" line shows when); the slower grahas are unaffected.
Chart data covers about 18 months ahead and is refreshed monthly. The
get_graha_positions and get_gochara MCP tools (below) compute live for
any date, past or future.
Brihat Samhita 104.4 supplies the favourable houses for the seven classical grahas,
counted from the natal Moon sign (janma rashi). Phaladeepika 26.3–8 supplies the Vedha
(obstruction) pairs and its Surya–Shani and Chandra–Budha exemptions. Rahu/Ketu follow Phaladeepika 26.2:
both use Surya's favourable houses 3, 6, 10 and 11. That verse does not establish whether nodes cause or
receive Vedha, so this site applies none and discloses the boundary. Phaladeepika 26.1 and 26.22–23 support calculating
the highlighted Shani houses from the natal Moon. Names such as Sade Sati and the rising/peak/setting labels
are conventional presentation, not wording from those verses; they are never calculated from lagna.
When an AI-written daily interpretation is available, its declared graha positions
and verdicts are checked against the engine. The prose and guidance remain model interpretation and are
labelled separately; they do not inherit the scriptural authority of the cited transit rules.
Please note: Gochara is a background influence read from the Moon sign alone — it is
not a horoscope reading and not how muhurtams are fixed. For decisions, weigh it with the
day's panchangam above and consult your purohit — or ask Dr Chaganti at astrochaganti.com.
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Note: Outlook applies one default reminder across all calendars
Updated automatically on the 1st of every month, 18 months ahead. No account needed.
🧭 Calculation System
Drik Ganita, the default, uses modern astronomy and matches drikpanchang.com.
Surya Siddhanta and Vakya are classical methods that intentionally
differ — by minutes for muhurtams, occasionally by a day for festivals. If your family follows a
printed panchangam, compare a few days in the preview above and pick what matches.
☀️ Drik Ganita — Modern Observational Astronomy
Calculated directly from real planetary positions using the Swiss Ephemeris with the Lahiri
ayanamsa — the same kind of engine used by professional astronomy software. Because it tracks the
sky as it actually is, it's the most accurate system for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset, and
is the default in most modern digital panchangam apps.
What it computes: True geocentric positions of the Sun and Moon using the Swiss Ephemeris — the same engine that powers professional astronomy software. It applies the Lahiri ayanamsa (also called Chitrapaksha), which is India's government-adopted standard since 1955 and is specified by the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris. Because calculations are grounded in actual sky positions, sunrise and sunset times will match your weather app, and Tithi/Nakshatra boundaries reflect exactly when the sky transitions occur at your location.
Who uses it: The default for most modern digital panchangam apps and websites. If you're comparing against Prokerala, AstroSeek, or any app that doesn't specify a system, it's almost certainly Drik Ganita.
Gotcha: A small number of traditional institutions still associate "Drik" specifically with the Krishnamurti (KP) ayanamsa variant. If you hear someone say Drik results differ from what you see here, ask which ayanamsa they're using — this implementation uses Lahiri.
🛕 Surya Siddhanta — The Classical Siddhantic Method
Computes positions using the mean-motion formulas of the Surya Siddhanta, the most influential
classical Sanskrit astronomy treatise. Timings follow the traditional siddhantic framework rather
than the observed sky, so Tithi and Nakshatra boundaries can differ from Drik Ganita by anywhere
from minutes to an hour or more. Choose it if your tradition is rooted in classical siddhantic
calculation rather than modern ephemerides.
What it computes: Planetary longitudes from the mean-motion model codified in the Surya Siddhanta (the received text dates to roughly 400–800 CE, building on older material). Instead of tracking the actual sky, it counts long-period average orbital revolutions from the Kali epoch and applies the classical manda (equation-of-centre) correction. The result diverges from true positions — about half a degree for the Sun, up to ~4° for the Moon, since the classical model omits the Moon's evection and variation terms — which typically moves a Tithi boundary by 2–6 hours versus Drik Ganita, often enough to land an observance on a different calendar day.
Who it's for: Communities and almanac lineages that compute from the siddhantic framework. Important honesty note: there is no single "the" Surya Siddhanta panchangam — every traditional lineage applies its own bija (correction) constants and conventions, so two siddhantic panchangams rarely agree to the minute, and this feed won't exactly match any particular institution's published calendar either. Treat it as a faithful rendering of the classical method, and use the preview above to compare against the panchangam your family or temple actually follows.
Gotcha: For Tithi-sensitive observances (Ekadashi, Amavasya, Pournami) the siddhantic and observational boundaries can fall on different dates — which is why two families can fast on different days without either being "wrong."
📜 Vakya — Traditional Printed Panchangam
Builds on Surya Siddhanta with "Vakyas" — pre-computed correction tables passed down through
generations of traditional almanac-makers. Many printed Telugu and Tamil panchangams sold each year
descend from this tradition, so it suits households following a long-standing family or regional
printed panchangam.
What it computes: Builds on Surya Siddhanta mean motions but layers in vakyas — pre-computed correction sequences that account for the Moon's variable speed (faster near perigee, slower near apogee). The word "vakya" means "sentence": each correction value was traditionally encoded as a memorable Sanskrit syllable sequence, attributed to the Vararuci and later Madhava traditions of South India. It let an almanac-maker produce a full panchangam by lookup and arithmetic, with no ephemeris needed.
Who it's for: Households that follow a traditional printed almanac. Many printed Telugu and Tamil panchangams descend from the vakya tradition, but publishers differ in which tables and corrections they use — two printed panchangams for the same year routinely disagree by 5–15 minutes on Tithi end-times. This feed implements the vakya approach as a correction layer over Surya Siddhanta; it represents the tradition's method, not any single publisher's booklet. Compare a few days in the preview against your printed panchangam to see how closely they align.
Gotcha: Vakya's lunar corrections improve on plain Surya Siddhanta for Moon-dependent timings, but it remains less precise than Drik Ganita for observable events like sunrise and moonrise. If your rule is "we follow our printed panchangam," pick whichever of Vakya or Surya Siddhanta matches it more closely in the preview.
Not sure? Drik Ganita is a safe modern default — no two traditional panchangams agree
to the minute, and that's normal.
🤖 Use in AI Assistants
Everything this site computes is also an MCP
server — ask Claude or any MCP-compatible assistant for a muhurta, your family's good days, or today's
Rasi Phalalu, and it calls this engine directly rather than guessing.
get_panchangamFull Panchangam for any date and city — Tithi, Nakshatra, muhurtas, eclipse, yogas
get_muhurtaOne day's auspicious & inauspicious windows — "is right now good?" (use find_muhurta to search across days)
get_panchangam_rangeDay-by-day summary for up to 31 days — compare days or plan a muhurta over a week
get_special_daysNamed festivals, Ekadashi, Pournami, Amavasya, Pradosham, Ganda Moola and Eclipses for a month
get_graha_positionsAll nine grahas at sunrise — rasi, nakshatra, retrograde, and when each enters its next rasi
get_rasi_phalaluDaily reading for a rashi — every sentence rendered from computed gochara/chandrabalam/tarabalam facts
get_gocharaTransit verdicts from a janma rashi — favourable/blocked/adverse per graha with vedha, Sade Sati & Ashtama Shani flags
find_muhurtaRanked auspicious slots over coming days — good choghadiya minus all bad windows, activity-aware, with reasons
find_tarabalam_daysTarabalam & Chandrabalam — pass 1–4 birth stars (and rashis), choose the strictness, get the days favourable for everyone
list_supported_cities22 pre-configured cities with coordinates and timezone
Works with any city — pre-configured cities resolve instantly, any other city is geocoded via OpenStreetMap. You can also pass coordinates directly; the timezone is derived automatically. Supports all three calculation systems.
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorWindsurfAny MCP client
Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json
claude mcp add panchangam -- uvx mcp-server-panchangam
ℹ️ About
Astro Chaganti's Panchangam is a free Telugu/Vedic panchangam built for the
Telugu-speaking community. It delivers daily almanac data as subscribable calendar feeds, a daily
at-a-glance view, family timing tools (Tarabalam, Muhurtam), planetary transits (Gochara), and
an MCP server for AI assistants. Free, open source, no account needed.
Accuracy
All timings are verified against drikpanchang.com
across multiple cities and dates before each release. Three calculation systems are supported:
Drik Ganita (modern default, matches drikpanchang.com),
Surya Siddhanta (classical siddhantic method), and
Vakya (traditional printed panchangam method).
Coverage
22 pre-configured cities across India and the diaspora. Calendar feeds regenerated monthly,
18 months ahead. The MCP server computes live for any city and any date, past or future.