October 15, 2026 Hindu Panchang: Panchami Tithi Timing

If you are deciding whether to perform a Panchami observance on Thursday, October 15, the answer is straightforward: the date remains within Shukla Paksha Panchami from beginning to end.

The only boundary requiring care comes after midnight. Panchami continues until 1:43 AM on October 16; Shukla Paksha Sashti begins after that time.

October 15 Panchang at a glance

Key takeaways

• Thursday, October 15 is Shukla Paksha Panchami throughout the day.
• You do not need to work around a daytime tithi change when arranging a Panchami practice on October 15.
• From midnight until 1:43 AM on October 16, Panchami is still in effect.
• After 1:43 AM on October 16, the prevailing tithi is Shukla Paksha Sashti.
• A tithi by itself does not establish a complete muhurta. Confirm the remaining Panchang factors locally when your ritual requires them.

How to use the Panchami timing

For a household puja, patha, japa, temple visit, charitable act, or customary Panchami vrata performed during October 15, the tithi does not create a daytime deadline. You can choose a practical time suited to your family and sampradaya without worrying that Panchami will end before the evening.

If your observance extends past midnight, mark 1:43 AM clearly. An action completed at 1:30 AM on October 16 still falls within Panchami under this timing. An action begun after 1:43 AM falls under Sashti. That distinction matters more than the change of date at midnight.

For a simple sankalpa or diary entry, the useful date-level details are Thursday, October 15, Shukla Paksha, and Panchami tithi. Add location-specific calendar details only after checking the Panchang used by your temple, priest, family tradition, or community.

Why Panchami continues into October 16

A tithi is a lunar division determined by the changing angular relationship between the Sun and Moon. It is not a fixed twenty-four-hour block tied to civil midnight. A tithi may therefore begin or end at almost any time on a Gregorian date.

This is why midnight does not automatically turn Panchami into Sashti. The calendar date changes first; the lunar tithi changes later, at 1:43 AM. If you keep a digital reminder, use two separate entries: one for the start of October 16 at midnight and another for the Panchami-to-Sashti transition.

The distinction also prevents a common planning error. Do not label all of October 16 as Sashti merely because Sashti is the next tithi. The first one hour and forty-three minutes of October 16 still belong to Panchami under the stated timing.

What the tithi alone cannot decide

Panchami tells you the lunar day, but it does not by itself identify every auspicious or unsuitable period. Nakshatra, yoga, karana, weekday considerations, and time divisions used for muhurta are separate inputs. You should not infer their values from Panchami or fill them in from memory.

Observance rules can also depend on more than the ending time. A particular vrata or festival may be assigned according to the tithi prevailing at sunrise, a prescribed part of the day, or rules maintained by a specific sampradaya. When you are deciding which date to fast, when to conclude a vrata, or when to conduct a formal samskara, check a city-specific Panchang and the rule for that observance.