The panchanga is a spiritual calendar that guides devotees in their daily spiritual practices.
This Lunar-Solar calendar is used as a foundation for Vedic Living – it informs daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules of worship.
On Purnima (the full moon) at the Devi Mandir, we sing the Satyanarayan Vrat and Vishnu Sahasranam. On Amavasya (the new moon), it is our tradition to worship Mother Kali, the Remover of Darkness. Ganesha receives a special puja on every Chaturthi (the fourth day of the bright and dark fortnights), and Shiva receives special prasad on Ekadashi (the eleventh day of bright and dark fortnights).
The patterns of worship guided by the panchang are, like most ancient traditions, based on the innate cycles and patterns of Nature. As we sink into these rhythms of worship, time takes on a different type of importance: time is no longer just a number on the calendar, but rather, an opportunity to worship the Divine!
*Note: This calendar reflects a 24-hour day. Some tithis (lunar days) go beyond “24-hours,” meaning past midnight. In order to more accurately reflect the time of the tithi by this system, subtract 24 from the total (29:36:12 – 24:00 = 5:36:12 AM), and this will be the time that the tithi ends the following morning, and also the time that the next tithi begins.
To learn more about how to read the panchanga calendar, please visit the Panchanga Tutorial.
See below for September 2019 Panchang:
Sept - Oct 2019 Pachanga, Sacramento
| Date | Month | Paksha | Tithi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Tritiya up to 04:27 PM | |
| Sep 2 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Chaturthi up to 01:24 PM | |
| Sep 3 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Panchami up to 10:57 AM | |
| Sep 4 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Shashthi up to 09:14 AM | |
| Sep 5 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Saptami up to 08:19 AM | |
| Sep 6 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Ashtami up to 08:13 AM | |
| Sep 7 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Navami up to 08:52 AM | |
| Sep 8 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Dashami up to 10:11 AM | |
| Sep 9 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Ekadashi up to 12:01 PM | |
| Sep 10 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Dwadashi up to 02:12 PM | |
| Sep 11 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Trayodashi up to 04:36 PM | |
| Sep 12 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Chaturdashi up to 07:05 PM | |
| Sep 13 | Bhadrapada | Shukla | Purnima up to 09:32 PM | |
| Sep 14 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Pratipada up to 11:4 PM | |
| Sep 15 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Dwitiya Thithi up to 02:05 AM Sep 16 | |
| Sep 16 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Tritiya up to 04:03 AM Sep 17 | |
| Sep 17 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Chaturthi up to 05:42 AM Sep 18 | |
| Sep 18 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Panchami up to 11:59.59 PM | |
| Sep 19 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Panchami up to 06:56 AM | |
| Sep 20 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Shashthi up to 07:41 AM | |
| Sep 21 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Saptami up to 07:51 AM | |
| Sep 22 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Ashtami up to 07:20 AM; Navami up to 06:07 AM Sep 23 | |
| Sep 23 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Dashami up to 04:12 AM Sep 24 | |
| Sep 24 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Ekadashi up to 01:39 AM Sep 25 | |
| Sep 25 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Dwadashi up to 10:33 PM | |
| Sep 26 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Trayodashi up to 07:02 PM | |
| Sep 27 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Chaturdashi up to 03:16 PM | |
| Sep 28 | Bhadrapada | Krishna | Amavasya up to 11:26 AM | |
| Sep 29 | Ashwina | Shukla | Pratipada up to 07:44 AM; Dwitiya up to 04:19 AM | |
| Sep 30 | Ashwina | Shukla | Tritiya up to 01:25 AM Oct 01 | |
| Oct 1 | Ashwina | Shukla | Chaturthi up to 11:10 PM | |
| Oct 2 | Ashwina | Shukla | Panchami up to 09:42 PM | |
| Oct 3 | Ashwina | Shukla | Shashthi upto 09:05 PM | |
| Oct 4 | Ashwina | Shukla | Saptami up to 09:21 PM | |
| Oct 5 | Ashwina | Shukla | Ashtami up to 10:24 PM | |
| Oct 6 | Ashwina | Shukla | Navami up to 12:08 AM | |
| Oct 7 | Ashwina | Shukla | Dashami up to 02:20 AM | |
| Oct 8 | Ashwina | Shukla | Ekadashi up to 04:49 AM | |
| Oct 9 | Ashwina | Shukla | Dwadashi up to Full Night | |
| Oct 10 | Ashwina | Shukla | Dwadashi up to 07:22 AM | |
| Oct 11 | Ashwina | Shukla | Trayodashi up to 09:50 AM | |
| Oct 12 | Ashwina | Shukla | Chaturdashi up to 12:06 PM | |
| Oct 13 | Ashwina | Shukla | Purnima up to 02:08 PM | |
| Oct 14 | Ashwina | Krishna | Pratipada up to 03:51 PM | |
| Oct 15 | Ashwina | Krishna | Dwitiya up to 05:15 PM | |
| Oct 16 | Ashwina | Krishna | Tritiya up to 06:18 PM | |
| Oct 17 | Ashwina | Krishna | Chaturthi up to 06:59 PM | |
| Oct 18 | Ashwina | Krishna | Panchami up to 07:14 PM | |
| Oct 19 | Ashwina | Krishna | Shashthi up to 07:00 PM | |
| Oct 20 | Ashwina | Krishna | Saptami up to 06:14 PM | |
| Oct 21 | Ashwina | Krishna | Ashtami up to 04:55 PM | |
| Oct 22 | Ashwina | Krishna | Navami up to 03:03 PM | |
| Oct 23 | Ashwina | Krishna | Dashami up to 12:39 PM | |
| Oct 24 | Ashwina | Krishna | Ekadashi up to 09:49 AM Dwadashi up to 06:38 AM | |
| Oct 25 | Ashwina | Krishna | Trayodashi up to 03:16 AM | |
| Oct 26 | Ashwina | Krishna | Chaturdashi up to 11:53 PM | |
| Oct 27 | Ashwina | Krishna | Amavasya up to 08:38 PM | |
| Oct 28 | Kartika | Shukla | Pratipada up to 5:43 PM | |
| Oct 29 | Kartika | Shukla | Dwitiya up to 03:18 PM | |
| Oct 30 | Kartika | Shukla | Tritiya up to 01:31 PM | |
| Oct 31 | Kartika | Shukla | Chaturthi up to 12:31 PM |