Panchang
The calendar that follows the Moon
Today's tithi, the year's vrat dates, and how to read any of it yourself. This page answers when — the ritual guides answer how.
— days computed— IST timings— source
Panchang
Today's tithi, the year's vrat dates, and how to read any of it yourself. This page answers when — the ritual guides answer how.
Panchang · Vrat date
Sunday, 15 November 2026
Kartik Shukla Shashthi · Purnimanta · computed for Delhi-NCR
Source strip
Drik Panchang · calculated for Delhi-NCR (IST) · regenerates annually
No classification tag and no Confidence Score. This is timing data, not a ritual-authority claim. Regenerates annually.
Fast begins
Sunrise · 6:43 am
15 Nov
Tithi begins
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Tithi ends
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Day after
16 Nov
Paaran window to be confirmed
The fast, end to end
The part most people get wrong is the end, not the beginning.
Sankalp & sunrise
15 Nov · 6:43 am
A simple resolve. The fast begins here.
Chhath Puja — Sunday, 15 November 2026
The fast
Through the day and night
Kept in the form your family follows
Tithi ends
—
The fast continues past this point — it ends at Paaran, not at the tithi.
Paaran opens
16 Nov · sunrise
Window closes
—
Break the fast before this.
Sankalp & sunrise
15 Nov · 6:43 am
A simple resolve. The fast begins here.
The fast
Through the day and night
Kept in the form your family follows
Tithi ends
—
The fast continues past this point — it ends at Paaran, not at the tithi.
Paaran opens
16 Nov · sunrise
Window closes
—
Break the fast before this.
The full panchang for this date
Computed values · PurnimantaDelhi-NCR
Shashti
Until 2:01 am · 16 Nov
Shukla — waxing
Uttara Ashadha
Until 11:29 pm
Ganda
Kolav
6:43 am
5:27 pm
4:07 pm – 5:27 pm
Avoided by convention for new beginnings
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The arghya to the setting and rising sun — the great vrat of Bihar and eastern UP.
This page answers when
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