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Today's sky.

The Vedic day has its own details: a lunar day, a Moon star and a few times the tradition says to avoid. Pick your city to see today's, worked out from sunrise.

Sunrise and the times to avoid depend on where you are.

Reading the sky…

Questions

A tithi is a lunar day, one of 30 steps in the Moon's cycle from new Moon to new Moon. It ends each time the Moon gains 12 degrees on the Sun.

The Moon passes through one of the 27 star slices about every day. The tool shows which one it is in at sunrise.

Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda and Gulika Kalam are three parts of the daylight, each about 90 minutes. The tradition says to avoid starting something new in them.

Sunrise and sunset differ by place, and every day part is measured from them. Pick your own city for the right times.