Shillong city is situated in the East Khasi Hills district of the state of Meghalaya in India and is the capital city of this state. The city has a hilly terrain and is on the Shillong Plateau surrounded by the Khasi hills Lum Sohpetbneng, Lum Diengiei and Lum Shillong as well as other hills. Shillong came into prominence during the British rule in India when it became the capital of the then Assam and the main places of historical importance are Motphran, Captain Williamson Sangma State Museum, Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures and State Museum. The historical areas in Shillong are Mawkhar, Jaiaw, Riatsamthiah, Umsohsun, Wahingdoh, Khyndailad, Mawlai, Laitumkhrah, Laban, Malki, Nongthymmai and Polo. The majority of the people living in this city are Christians and Hindus with the major shrine being the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians. Shillong mostly deals with the trade of agricultural produce and the other major source of income here is tourism.
About the Panchang
The Panchang (Panjika) is the Hindu almanac. It is used to choose auspicious times (shubh muhurat) for important events
— marriage, naming a baby, starting a business or entering a new home — and to identify inauspicious periods
that are best avoided. Festivals and pujas are also scheduled by it: Lakshmi Puja falls on Purnima tithi, for example,
and Durga Puja on Saptami.
The name means “five limbs”: Tithi, Vara (weekday), Nakshatra,
Yoga and Karana. This page calculates them for the chosen city and date, together with
sunrise, sunset and the Moon's phase. Timings depend on the location, so they differ from city to city.
Tithi and Paksha
A tithi is the time it takes for the Moon to move 12° ahead of the Sun, so there are 30 tithis in a lunar month:
Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi,
Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Purnima in the bright half (Shukla Paksha), and the same fifteen ending in Amavasya in the
dark half (Krishna Paksha).
Karana and Yoga
Each tithi has two karanas: the movable Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti (Bhadra), and the fixed
Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna. There are 27 yogas, found by adding the longitudes of the Sun and Moon and
dividing by 13°20′: Vishkambha, Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Atiganda, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shoola,
Ganda, Vriddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghata, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatipata, Variyana, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha,
Shukla, Brahma, Indra and Vaidhriti.
Before starting a journey or anything important, prefer the auspicious times above and avoid Rahu Kaal,
Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurta and Mrityu periods.