The tithi on 18 June 2026 is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi. 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 Brookwood local time (America/Chicago).
The Moon is in Ashlesha 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 Brookwood.
Today's yoga is Vyaghata. 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 18 June 2026 the sun rises in Brookwood at 5:40 AM and sets at 8:01 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.
A panchang answers a simple question — what does today favour? — through five limbs: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara. This is the complete panchang for Brookwood, Alabama on 18 June 2026, when the Shukla Paksha Chaturthi tithi prevails and the Moon sits in Ashlesha nakshatra. Every auspicious and inauspicious window shown here is calculated from Brookwood's own sky at 33.26°N, 87.32°W, never recycled from a generic IST panchang.
Here is why this page is computed for Brookwood and not merely translated from an Indian almanac: the panchang's machinery turns on local sunrise. At 33.26°N, 87.32°W on America/Chicago time, Brookwood's day starts and ends at its own hours. On 18 June 2026 the sun rises over Brookwood at 5:40 AM and sets at 8:01 PM — figures no Indian city shares — and the inauspicious periods — Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika — along with the choghadiya sequence and Abhijit Muhurat are all slices of that local daylight, so each sits at a different clock time than it would in India. A large timezone offset can even move the tithi onto a different calendar date.
How these timings are calculated: planetary longitudes come from the Swiss Ephemeris, the same high-precision library used by professional astrology software, with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa — the sidereal reference adopted by India's official Rashtriya Panchang. Tithi changes when the Moon moves 12° ahead of the Sun; nakshatra changes as the Moon crosses each 13°20′ arc of the zodiac. These transition moments are universal, and we convert each one into America/Chicago local time, then derive sunrise-dependent windows from Brookwood's own horizon. The full method is documented on our methodology page.
If you live in Brookwood or elsewhere in Alabama, use this page the way a family priest would: check the tithi and nakshatra first, then choose your hour. Abhijit Muhurat (12:21 PM – 1:19 PM) is the day's most dependable auspicious window, while Rahu Kalam (2:38 PM – 4:25 PM) is best avoided for new beginnings. The choghadiya tables above divide Thursday's daylight and night into auspicious and inauspicious spells — every figure already in Brookwood local time, with no conversion from IST required.
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 from them derives the day's auspicious (muhurat) and inauspicious (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda) periods. This page computes all of them for Brookwood, United States.
The daylight between Brookwood's local sunrise and sunset is divided into eight equal parts, and one fixed part belongs to Rahu depending on the weekday (for example the 8th part on Sunday, the 2nd on Monday). Because Brookwood's sunrise and day length differ from India's, its Rahu Kalam falls at different clock times than in Indian cities.
Rahu Kalam in Brookwood on 18 June 2026 is from 2:38 PM – 4:25 PM Alabama local time. It is computed from Brookwood's own sunrise and sunset — not India's — so it differs from Rahu Kalam in Indian cities.
The tithi is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi, until 8:31 AM local time. Tithi end times are converted to Brookwood's timezone (America/Chicago).
All panchang timings depend on local sunrise and sunset. Brookwood (33.26°, -87.32°) has different sun times than India, so Rahu Kalam, choghadiya and muhurat windows shift — and because of the time difference, even the tithi prevailing on your calendar date can differ from India's. This page is computed specifically for Brookwood.
Abhijit Muhurat, the most auspicious window of the day, is 12:21 PM – 1:19 PM local time in Brookwood.
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