13.21°N, 77.41°E · Asia/Kolkata
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A panchang is the Hindu almanac that describes each day through five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon's constellation), yoga, karana and vara (weekday) — and derives from them the day's auspicious and inauspicious periods. This page computes all of them for Dod-Vadgeri every day.
Today (17 June 2026) the tithi in Dod-Vadgeri is Shukla Paksha Tritiya, until 9:41 PM IST.
Rahu Kaal in Dod-Vadgeri today is 12:21 PM – 1:58 PM IST. It is one-eighth of the local daylight between Dod-Vadgeri's own sunrise and sunset, so it differs slightly from city to city even within India.
Abhijit Muhurat, the most dependable auspicious window of the day, is 11:55 AM – 12:47 PM IST in Dod-Vadgeri today. For longer ceremonies, also check the auspicious choghadiya periods listed on this page.
Sunrise-based periods — Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, choghadiya, Abhijit Muhurat — are fractions of the local day length, and sunrise in Dod-Vadgeri (13.21°N, 77.41°E) differs from other cities. That is why this page is computed for Dod-Vadgeri's own coordinates.
Think of the panchang as the Hindu day's instruction sheet: five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon's mansion), yoga, karana and vara — that tell you what each day favours. For Dod-Vadgeri, Karnataka on 17 June 2026 the sheet reads Shukla Paksha Tritiya tithi with the Moon in Punarvasu nakshatra. Every window further down is computed for Dod-Vadgeri's location (13.21°N, 77.41°E) rather than copied from a standard Indian-city table.
Why does the city matter so much? Because nearly everything in a panchang is anchored to local sunrise. Dod-Vadgeri lies at 13.21°N, 77.41°E and keeps Asia/Kolkata time, so its days begin and end at different moments than any Indian city's. On 17 June 2026 the sun rises over Dod-Vadgeri at 5:54 AM and sets at 6:48 PM — figures no Indian city shares — and Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, the eight choghadiya periods and Abhijit Muhurat are all fractions of that local daylight. Reading an India-time panchang in Dod-Vadgeri would put every one of those windows at the wrong local hour — and across a timezone gap, even the tithi in force on a given date can change.
A word on accuracy: every figure here is computed, not transcribed. Sun and Moon longitudes come from the Swiss Ephemeris — the precision engine behind professional jyotish software — referenced to the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa that India's Rashtriya Panchang adopts. The Moon gaining 12° on the Sun marks each new tithi; crossing the next 13°20′ arc marks each new nakshatra. We convert those universal moments to Asia/Kolkata time and then carve every sunrise-based window from Dod-Vadgeri's own daylight. The full method is on our methodology page.
For families in Dod-Vadgeri and across Karnataka, this page turns the panchang into practical decisions for Wednesday, 17 June 2026: which hour suits a puja, a griha pravesh, a mundan, a new vehicle or setting out on a trip. Abhijit Muhurat (11:55 AM – 12:47 PM) is the day's most dependable auspicious window, while Rahu Kalam (12:21 PM – 1:58 PM) is best avoided for new beginnings. When a ceremony needs a longer stretch, pick a favourable choghadiya from the tables above — every entry is in Dod-Vadgeri local time, so no IST arithmetic is needed.
The tithi on 17 June 2026 is Shukla Paksha Tritiya. A tithi is one lunar day — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun — and it governs which observances, fasts and ceremonies suit the day. End times on this page are converted to Dod-Vadgeri local time (Asia/Kolkata).
The Moon is in Punarvasu nakshatra. The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each; the one the Moon occupies colours the day's character and matters for naming ceremonies, travel decisions and muhurat selection in Dod-Vadgeri.
Today's yoga is Dhruva. Yoga is computed from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon and cycles through 27 names; some yogas are read as favourable for new undertakings while others counsel routine work.
On 17 June 2026 the sun rises in Dod-Vadgeri at 5:54 AM and sets at 6:48 PM. Sunrise is the hinge of the whole panchang: the Hindu day begins at local sunrise, and Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika and the choghadiya sequence are all equal divisions of the daylight between these two moments.