Panchang for Tuesday, 20 April 2027
| Tithi | Purnima |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Nakshatra | Chitra, pada 1 |
| Yoga | Harshana |
| Karana | Vishti |
| Vara | Mangalavara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:02 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:49 |
Today's tithi is Purnima, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Chitra nakshatra, pada 1. The vara is Mangalavara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Harshana yoga and Vishti karana.
What is Harshana yoga?
Harshana is the fourteenth of the 27 nithya yogas, and its name means gladdening, from a root that describes hair standing on end with delight.
That etymology tells you the register the tradition means: not comfort but a lift, the physical response to good news or to something well made. The classical associations are with celebration, with sharing what you have finished and with occasions people look forward to.
Like the rest it advances a step roughly every twenty three hours, so it arrives on a slightly different clock time each month. The yoga is one of the quieter limbs to read, and its value on a page is contrast: knowing that a demanding tithi carries a glad yoga is a fuller description than either fact alone.
As a prompt it points at telling people. Finished work often sits unmentioned, and a tradition that reserves days for the announcement is being practical rather than sentimental.