The 11 Karanas
A karana is half a tithi, so every lunar month has 60. Seven movable karanas repeat eight times through the month; four fixed karanas occur once each around the new moon. Vishti, also called Bhadra, is avoided for auspicious work.
1. Bava
बव
movable (chara) · Indra
2. Balava
बालव
movable (chara) · Brahma
3. Kaulava
कौलव
movable (chara) · Mitra
4. Taitila
तैतिल
movable (chara) · Aryama
5. Garaja
गर
movable (chara) · Prithvi
6. Vanija
वणिज
movable (chara) · Lakshmi
7. Vishti
विष्टि (भद्रा)
movable (chara) · Yama
8. Shakuni
शकुनि
fixed (sthira) · Kaladanda
9. Chatushpada
चतुष्पद
fixed (sthira) · Chatushpada
10. Naga
नाग
fixed (sthira) · Naga
11. Kimstughna
किंस्तुघ्न
fixed (sthira) · Indra
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Karana for any moment
Returns the karana and its end time, including Bhadra (Vishti) windows.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIFEASTRO_API_KEY" \
"https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/panchang/karana?date=2027-01-15&time=06:00&tz=Asia/Kolkata&lat=28.6139&lon=77.209"