Panchang for Thursday, 17 September 2026
| Tithi | Shashthi |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Nakshatra | Anuradha, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Vishkambha |
| Karana | Taitila |
| Vara | Guruvara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:13 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:28 |
Today's tithi is Shashthi, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Anuradha nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Guruvara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Vishkambha yoga and Taitila karana.
Anuradha nakshatra
Anuradha is the seventeenth nakshatra, from 3°20' to 16°40' of Vrishchika (Scorpio), ruled by Saturn, and the tradition gives it to Mitra, the principle of friendship kept in good faith.
Its stars are the three that make the head of the Scorpion, a short curved line above the bright red star Antares, easy to trace on a summer night. The name is often read as following Radha, the nakshatra that comes after Vishakha in an older naming, and the symbol is a lotus or a staff.
Mitra is the same word as friend and as contract, and that double meaning carries the whole nakshatra. Loyalty here is described as something practised rather than felt: turning up, keeping the arrangement, staying in touch across distance. The gana is Deva (divine) and the classical activity class is Mridu, soft.
Saturn as lord adds the timescale. Friendships that hold are the ones maintained over years without much drama, and the effort involved is easy to underrate. This is a reasonable Moon for the message you have been meaning to send for a month.