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Today's Panchang

Washington DC · 2026-08-25 · Tuesday (Mangalavara)
Bhadrapada
Lunar Month
🌅 06:30
Sunrise
🌇 19:48
Sunset
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated
The Five Elements — Pancha Anga
Tithi — Lunar Day
Jaya
Shukla Trayodashi
Deity: Kamadeva / Shiva
✓ Good for: Pradosh Vrat (Shiva worship at dusk), love, prosperity
✗ Avoid: Nothing specific
Progress: 37.5%
Vara — Weekday
Mixed — Hanuman's day
Tuesday
Ruling planet: Mars
✓ Good for: Hanuman worship, courage, real estate, Mangala puja
Nakshatra — Lunar Mansion
Manushya Gana
Uttara Ashadha Pada 3
Ruling: Sun · Deity: Vishvedevas (Universal gods)
✓ Good for: ALL auspicious work, final victory, permanent gains
✗ Avoid: Nothing specific
Yoga — Day Quality
Auspicious
Saubhagya
Ruling: Moon
Good fortune — excellent for all auspicious activities
Karana — Half Tithi
Auspicious
Kaulava
Deity: Mitra
✓ Good for: Friendship, social work, trade
Auspicious & Inauspicious Timings
🕉 Brahma Muhurta
Best for meditation, yoga, study
04:54 – 05:42
☀ Abhijit Muhurta
Most auspicious midday period
12:43 – 13:36
⚠ Rahukaal
Avoid new beginnings, important work
16:29 – 18:09
⚠ Yamaganda
Inauspicious period of Yama
09:50 – 11:30
⚠ Gulika Kaal
Saturn's inauspicious period
13:09 – 14:49
Festivals & Occasions
⭐ Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
Shiva worship at dusk — powerful vrat for prosperity and liberation
Puja: Shiva puja at dusk (Pradosh time), Shiva Abhishek, Pradosh stotra
API Endpoints
GET /docs — Interactive API documentation
GET /panchang?lat=38.9072&lng=-77.0369 — Panchang JSON
POST /chart — compute + persist a birth chart, returns a slug
GET /chart/{slug}, /chart/{slug}/dasha, /chart/{slug}/sade_sati — read a persisted chart back
GET /health — Health check