Birth Panchang (Janma Tithi) Calculator

Panchang means “five limbs” (pancha + anga). For any moment it records five things about the Sun and Moon: the tithi (the lunar day, set by the angle between Moon and Sun), the nakshatra (the lunar mansion the Moon sits in), the yoga (a value from the combined Sun and Moon positions), the karana (half a tithi) and the vara (the weekday). Together they describe the quality of that day in the Hindu calendar.

Your birth panchang is simply this snapshot frozen at the time you were born. It is what tells you your janma tithi — the lunar date your Hindu birthday actually falls on each year, which usually differs from your English calendar date. It also gives your janma nakshatra, the birth star that drives your dasha periods and name letter.

The English (Gregorian) calendar follows the Sun, while the Hindu calendar follows the Moon. A tithi depends on how far the Moon has pulled ahead of the Sun, and because the Moon moves quickly, the tithi of your birth returns to the sky on a different English date every year. That is why elders celebrate your birthday by tithi — say, Shukla Panchami of a particular month — rather than by the fixed English date.

Knowing your janma tithi lets you observe your birthday the traditional way, time your annual puja, and understand which fortnight (paksha) you were born in — the bright, waxing Shukla Paksha or the dark, waning Krishna Paksha.

The fifteen tithis of a paksha repeat in a fixed cycle of five qualities, so every tithi belongs to one of five groups. Nanda tithis (1, 6, 11) are tithis of joy and celebration. Bhadra tithis (2, 7, 12) are tithis of health, strength and prosperity. Jaya tithis (3, 8, 13) are tithis of victory and success. Rikta tithis (4, 9, 14) are considered empty or difficult and are usually avoided for auspicious work. Purna tithis (5, 10, 15) are tithis of fullness and completion.

Knowing which group your janma tithi falls in adds a layer of meaning to your birth panchang, and it is the same grouping that muhurat astrologers use when choosing dates for ceremonies.

Of the five limbs, the janma nakshatra carries the most weight in a horoscope. It is the starting point of your Vimshottari dasha — the planetary timeline that maps which period of life is governed by which planet — so the birth star effectively sets the clock of your chart.

The nakshatra and its pada also fix the traditional first syllable of your name, your gana (the deva, manushya or rakshasa temperament), and the yoni and nadi used in marriage matching, along with the ruling planet that shades your Moon. This is why an astrologer asks for the birth star before almost anything else.

Because this calculator needs your exact birth time and place, it can do more than read the five limbs — it also casts your Lagna (ascendant) chart, the North-Indian kundli at the heart of Vedic astrology. The ascendant is the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at your birth moment, and it changes roughly every two hours, which is why the time and place matter so much.

Underneath the chart you get a table of all nine grahas — the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and the lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu — with the sidereal sign, house and degree each one occupied, and a marker for any planet that was retrograde. Together the chart and table are the positional backbone an astrologer reads alongside your panchang.

Vimshottari dasha is the most widely used planetary-period system in Vedic astrology, and it is seeded directly from your janma nakshatra. The lord of your birth star governs the first mahadasha; how far the Moon had already travelled through that star decides how much of that period was left at birth (the balance). The eight remaining planetary lords then run in a fixed order, and the nine periods together span 120 years.

The timeline below your chart lists every mahadasha with its start and end date and length in years, and highlights the period running today. It tells you which planet is currently shaping your life — the same dasha sequence an astrologer uses to time predictions.

Your birth panchang reads five things about the sky at the moment you were born. Here is what each limb (anga) measures and why it matters.

Read together, these five limbs are exactly what muhurat (electional) astrology weighs to judge an auspicious moment — and they describe the moment you arrived.

1. 1 Enter your date of birth.
2. 2 Add your exact birth time and place — both are needed, because the ascendant chart and Vimshottari dasha depend on the precise moment and location.
3. 3 Press Calculate to see your tithi (and paksha), nakshatra and pada, yoga, karana and weekday.
4. 4 Below the panchang you also get your Lagna birth chart, a table of all nine planets with their sign, house and degree, and your full Vimshottari mahadasha timeline.