Panchang for the USA and abroad
Panchang for Indian users abroad must be computed for the local sunrise — the tithi current at sunrise in New York can differ from the one in Delhi, and observance dates can shift by a day. All 14 city pages below use each city’s own sunrise, sunset and time zone.
Today across major metros abroad
| City | Sunrise | Time zone | Tithi today |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 06:34 | EST | Krishna Amavasya |
| San Francisco | 06:42 | PST | Krishna Amavasya |
| London | 07:06 | GMT | Krishna Amavasya |
| Sydney | 05:48 | AEDT | Krishna Amavasya |
| Dubai | 06:30 | local time | Krishna Chaturdasi |
Every row is computed for that metro's own sunrise and clock time zone, so the same column can legitimately show different tithis: the tithi is one worldwide event, but which tithi a sunrise "sees" depends on where the Sun rises. Use the metro closest to you for observance decisions.
Why dates differ abroad
The tithi is a moving window of about 21–26 hours. A festival dated by Udaya Tithi follows the sunrise where you are: when the window straddles two sunrises, India and the US can observe on different calendar dates. Our year calendar states the reference city for every date, and each city page recomputes everything locally.
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Methodology and reference
All timings on this page are computed astronomically for the respective local coordinates — solar and lunar sidereal positions, the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa and sunrise-anchored window divisions — and regression-checked against the Government of India publication Rashtriya Panchang (Positional Astronomy Centre, India Meteorological Department, Kolkata). Data verified against the Positional Astronomy Centre, IMD (Government of India) publications on every site update; the computation method is described on the about page.
Frequently asked questions
- Why can a Hindu festival fall one day earlier in the USA than in India?
- A tithi lasts about 21 to 26 hours and is dated by the sunrise it is current at (Udaya Tithi). US time zones run 9.5 to 13.5 hours behind IST, so a tithi that begins in the Indian evening often begins before the American sunrise of the same calendar day, moving the observance one day earlier.
- Does daylight saving time change Rahu Kaal and other windows?
- Daylight saving never changes the length or the astronomical basis of the windows — Rahu Kaal is always one eighth of the daylight, divided from sunrise to sunset. Only the clock labels shift: the window keeps the same position relative to sunrise and sunset, so its printed start and end move by one hour when DST begins or ends.
- Can I use an Indian panchang calendar while living abroad?
- For the tithi-based observances (Ekadashi, Purnima, festivals) an Indian calendar can mislead: it is dated by the Delhi sunrise, and your local sunrise can fall in the previous or next tithi. Compute the panchang for your own city — every page on this site recalculates tithi, nakshatra, Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya for each location's own sunrise.