Panchang for Saturday, 27 March 2027
| Tithi | Panchami |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Krishna |
| Nakshatra | Anuradha, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Siddhi |
| Karana | Taitila |
| Vara | Shanivara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:24 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:40 |
Today's tithi is Panchami, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Anuradha nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Shanivara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Siddhi yoga and Taitila karana.
What is Siddhi yoga?
Siddhi is the sixteenth of the 27 nithya yogas, and its name means accomplishment, the completion of something undertaken.
The word covers both the act of finishing and the capability that finishing demonstrates, and the classical associations follow: work brought to a conclusion, skills that have matured, and undertakings begun with a clear picture of what done looks like.
Its neighbour Siddha, the twenty first, carries the same root in a different form, and the tradition treats them as related rather than identical. Siddhi is the achievement and Siddha is the state of having achieved, which is a distinction Sanskrit makes easily and English has to work at.
Read practically, it favours the last ten percent of something. That stretch is where most projects quietly stall, and the tradition marking a day for it is a reasonable prompt to look at what is nearly done and choose to close it.