favorable for new beginningstraditionally avoided for starting something new
Each bar runs from that day’s sunrise to the next sunrise. The times mark where one gives way to the next.
Day
Each day runs from local sunrise to the next sunrise, the usual Panchang convention. Most nakshatras, tithis and yogas straddle two calendar days, so the bars show every one that is active in that stretch and when it changes. If something began before sunrise or runs past the next sunrise, a note under the bar says when. A weekday is shown in front of any time that falls on another calendar day.
Nakshatra
The lunar mansion (one of 27) the Moon is in. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Tithi
The lunar day, one for every 12° the Moon gains on the Sun. Shukla is the waxing fortnight, Krishna the waning one. The 4th, 9th and 14th tithis (Rikta) and Amavasya are traditionally avoided for new starts.
Karana
Half a tithi. Vishti (Bhadra) and the four fixed karanas (Kimstughna, Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga) are traditionally avoided.
Yoga
The Nitya Yoga, from the Sun and Moon positions added together, in slices of 13°20′. Vishkumbha, Atiganda, Shoola, Ganda, Vyaghata, Vajra, Vyatipata, Parigha and Vaidhriti are traditionally avoided.
Tarabala
The day’s nakshatra counted from your birth star in cycles of nine. Janma (1), Vipat (3), Pratyak (5) and Vadha (7) are unfavorable; the others support new beginnings.
Chandra Bala
The Moon’s sign for the day counted from your birth rashi, shown as a house number. Houses 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 count as favorable here; 2, 4, 8 and 12 as weak.
Siddhi Yoga
Amrit Siddhi and Sarvartha Siddhi are special combinations of weekday and nakshatra that are considered especially auspicious. The times shown are when the combination is in force.
Start here. It’s the zodiac sign your Moon was in at birth, often called your rashi or Chandra rashi.