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Panchak

Is Panchak On Today?

Whether Panchak is currently active and when the next Panchak window begins. Panchak is the roughly-5-day window each lunar cycle when the Moon transits Dhanishta pada 3-4, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, and Revati.

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What is Panchak?

Panchak is a roughly-five-day recurring window in every lunar cycle when the Moon transits the five classical "panchak" nakshatras: Dhanishta pada 3-4, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, and Revati. Roughly once every 27 days, it lasts about 4-6 days.

A few kinds of new work are traditionally avoided during Panchak: beginning a long journey, building a new house or stockpiling fuel, journeys to the south, and specific classical rules around funeral rites. Everyday household work, office work, and continuing work already underway are not treated as restricted.

This page shows the dates only; no "do or do not" verdict. The final decision is left to family, tradition, and priest.

FAQ

Questions about Panchak

Is Panchak the same everywhere? +

Yes. Panchak is based on the Moon's sidereal nakshatra position, which is the same everywhere on Earth. So Panchak on a given date is on for Delhi, London, and New York alike (though the day boundary depends on each city's local time zone).

Can we make a birth chart during Panchak? +

Yes. Making a birth chart is not restricted by Panchak; the classical avoids are mainly for new "physical" starts, like travel or construction. Birth time cannot be changed, so a baby's chart is cast from that exact moment regardless.

Can weddings happen during Panchak? +

Most traditions do not treat Panchak as a blocker for weddings, since a wedding muhurat is fixed by a combination of tithi, nakshatra, yoga, and lagna, not by Panchak alone. See our full muhurat service for a personalised marriage window.

Where does this data come from? +

For every date we sample the Moon's exact astronomical position at 12:00 IST (Swiss Ephemeris + Lahiri ayanamsa). The dates this yields match what mainstream panchang websites publish.