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 Kinnelon local time (America/New York).
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 Kinnelon.
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 Kinnelon at 5:25 AM and sets at 8:32 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 is the traditional Hindu almanac that maps each day through five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the constellation the Moon occupies), yoga, karana and vara (weekday). This page carries the complete panchang for Kinnelon, New Jersey for 18 June 2026: today the Shukla Paksha Chaturthi tithi prevails with the Moon in Ashlesha nakshatra, and every muhurat and kaal window below is worked out for Kinnelon's own sky rather than copied from an Indian city's almanac.
Location is not a detail in panchang work — it is the foundation. Kinnelon, at 41.00°N, 74.37°W in the America/New York zone, experiences a day that opens and closes on its own schedule rather than India's. On 18 June 2026 the sun rises over Kinnelon at 5:25 AM and sets at 8:32 PM — figures no Indian city shares — and because Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, the choghadiya periods and Abhijit Muhurat are simply divisions of that local span of daylight, they fall at different clock times here. Even the prevailing tithi can shift across a timezone, since tithi boundaries are fixed worldwide moments that map to different local dates.
Accuracy here rests on observed astronomy. We take Sun and Moon longitudes from the Swiss Ephemeris and apply the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa — the reference India's Rashtriya Panchang uses — so the results are drik-siddha rather than table-derived. A tithi turns over when the Moon advances another 12° past the Sun, a nakshatra when it steps into the next 13°20′ sector; we express those moments in America/New York time and slice every sunrise-dependent period from Kinnelon's own daylight. Each step is set out on our methodology page.
Treat this as your scheduling companion in Kinnelon: before fixing a puja, griha pravesh, mundan, vehicle purchase or journey on Thursday, 18 June 2026, read the tithi and nakshatra, then pick the hour. Abhijit Muhurat (12:28 PM – 1:28 PM) is the day's most dependable auspicious window, while Rahu Kalam (2:52 PM – 4:45 PM) is best avoided for new beginnings. The choghadiya tables above split the day and night of Thursday into auspicious and inauspicious spells — every figure already converted to Kinnelon local time, so what you read is what your clock shows.
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 Kinnelon, United States.
The daylight between Kinnelon'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 Kinnelon's sunrise and day length differ from India's, its Rahu Kalam falls at different clock times than in Indian cities.
Rahu Kalam in Kinnelon on 18 June 2026 is from 2:52 PM – 4:45 PM New Jersey local time. It is computed from Kinnelon's own sunrise and sunset — not India's — so it differs from Rahu Kalam in Indian cities.
The tithi is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi, until 9:31 AM local time. Tithi end times are converted to Kinnelon's timezone (America/New York).
All panchang timings depend on local sunrise and sunset. Kinnelon (41.00°, -74.37°) 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 Kinnelon.
Abhijit Muhurat, the most auspicious window of the day, is 12:28 PM – 1:28 PM local time in Kinnelon.
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Computed with Swiss Ephemeris · Lahiri ayanamsa · times in Kinnelon local time · city data © GeoNames (CC-BY)
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