Panchang for Wednesday, 9 December 2026
| Tithi | Pratipada |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Nakshatra | Jyeshtha, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Dhriti |
| Karana | Kimstughna |
| Vara | Budhavara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:56 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 17:41 |
Today's tithi is Pratipada, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Jyeshtha nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Budhavara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Dhriti yoga and Kimstughna karana.
What is Kimstughna karana?
Kimstughna is the fixed karana that opens every lunar month, occupying the first half of Shukla Pratipada, and its name is usually read as the one that harms nothing.
It is the last of the four fixed karanas in the list and the first in the month's order. Naga closes the dark half at Amavasya, and Kimstughna takes over with the first half tithi of the bright fortnight, when the Moon has begun to pull away from the Sun and the light starts returning.
The name is a small puzzle even in Sanskrit, built from a question word and a root meaning to strike, which the tradition takes as a description of harmlessness. The classical associations are with clean starts, with the first light of a morning, and with things undertaken in a settled frame of mind. The common lists connect it with Vayu, the wind.
Once a month, for about half a tithi, this is the traditional opening of the new lunar cycle. If you keep any monthly rhythm at all, whether that is a review, a reset or simply a list rewritten from scratch, this is where the tradition put the beginning of it.