Panchang for Thursday, 28 January 2027
| Tithi | Saptami |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Krishna |
| Nakshatra | Chitra, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Dhriti |
| Karana | Vishti |
| Vara | Guruvara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 07:08 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:11 |
Today's tithi is Saptami, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Chitra nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Guruvara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Dhriti yoga and Vishti karana.
Saptami in Krishna paksha
Krishna Saptami is the seventh tithi of the dark fortnight, running from 252 to 264 degrees of separation, and it is assigned in the tradition to Surya, the Sun.
The Moon is closing on its last quarter, rising near midnight and standing high in the south at dawn. It is roughly the mirror of Shukla Saptami: the same shape, but seen in the morning sky and shrinking rather than growing.
Saptami sits in the Bhadra group with the second and the twelfth, and its solar deity brings the same associations as in the bright fortnight, movement and visibility and health. In the dark half the classical reading leans toward the return leg rather than the outbound one, journeys home and work brought back rather than carried out.
It is a reasonable day to gather up something that has been scattered across a few weeks. Nothing about the sky requires that. It is simply where the tradition put the idea, and it happens to be a useful place for it.