What is the Panchang and why does it matter for Navi Mumbai?
The Panchang is the traditional Hindu almanac that tracks five (pancha-anga, "five limbs") astronomical elements: tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (lunar mansion), yoga (sun-moon angular relation), karana (half-tithi), and vara (weekday). Every shubh muhurat — wedding date, griha-pravesh, vehicle purchase, naamkaran — is derived from these five.
Because tithi and nakshatra change at different times in different cities (the moon rises later in Navi Mumbai than in cities further west), a national panchang can be off by hours. The values above are calculated for Navi Mumbai's exact latitude and longitude, so the sunrise, sunset, Rahu Kaal and Gulika Kaal you see are accurate to the minute.
Inauspicious periods to avoid in Navi Mumbai
Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal and Yamakantaka are short windows traditionally avoided for new beginnings (signing contracts, starting a journey, beginning a yagya). Routine activities are unaffected; the conventional wisdom is to defer time-bound first acts outside these windows.
How Navi Mumbai's panchang is computed
Jyotron uses Swiss Ephemeris (the same astronomical engine used by professional astrologers and academic researchers) and the canonical Lahiri ayanamsa for sidereal calculations. Sunrise and sunset are geocoded for Navi Mumbai's coordinates rather than the Indian Standard Time meridian, so they reflect actual local horizon events.