Panchang for Monday, 7 September 2026
| Tithi | Ekadashi |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Krishna |
| Nakshatra | Punarvasu, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Vyatipata |
| Karana | Bava |
| Vara | Somavara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:10 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:38 |
Today's tithi is Ekadashi, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Somavara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Vyatipata yoga and Bava karana.
Punarvasu nakshatra
Punarvasu is the seventh nakshatra, from 20°00' of Mithuna (Gemini) to 3°20' of Karka (Cancer), ruled by Jupiter, and its name means the return of the light or the goods.
Its stars are Castor and Pollux, the twin heads of Gemini, a pair so evenly matched that they are among the first things anyone learns to point at. The nakshatra straddles a sign boundary, which is common: the 27 segments and the 12 signs divide the same circle unevenly.
The deity is Aditi, the boundless mother, and the symbol is a quiver of arrows, arrows being the thing you shoot and then go and retrieve. The gana is Deva (divine) and the classical activity class is Chara, movable. The whole nakshatra is built on the idea of coming back, of restoration after a loss rather than a first arrival.
That makes it the tradition's natural slot for second attempts. Something that did not work the first time is not the same task on the second try, because you know more now. Whether it is worth trying again is a decision, and the nakshatra is a description of the kind of day that suits making it.