{"place": {"name": "Puducherry", "region": "Puducherry", "country": "IN", "lat": 11.9416, "lon": 79.8083, "tz": "Asia/Kolkata", "tamil_nadu": false, "key": "puducherry", "name_ta": "புதுச்சேரி"}, "date": "2026-05-16", "weekday": "Saturday", "polar": null, "moonrise": null, "moonset": "2026-05-16T17:59:11+05:30", "tamil_date": {"month": "வைகாசி", "day": 2}, "sunrise": "2026-05-16T05:46:33+05:30", "sunset": "2026-05-16T18:27:47+05:30", "next_sunrise": "2026-05-17T05:46:21+05:30", "tithi": {"name": "Amavasai", "paksha": "Krishna", "ends": "2026-05-17T01:31:03+05:30"}, "tithi_then": null, "nakshatra": {"name": "Bharani", "ends": "2026-05-16T17:30:30+05:30"}, "yoga": {"name": "Saubhagya", "ends": "2026-05-16T10:25:48+05:30"}, "karana": {"name": "Chatushpada", "ends": "2026-05-16T15:23:12+05:30"}, "rahu_kalam": ["2026-05-16T08:56:52+05:30", "2026-05-16T10:32:01+05:30"], "yamagandam": ["2026-05-16T13:42:19+05:30", "2026-05-16T15:17:29+05:30"], "gulikai": ["2026-05-16T05:46:33+05:30", 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"2026-05-16T07:53:26+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T08:56:52+05:30"}, {"lord": "Sun", "from": "2026-05-16T08:56:52+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T10:00:18+05:30"}, {"lord": "Venus", "from": "2026-05-16T10:00:18+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T11:03:44+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mercury", "from": "2026-05-16T11:03:44+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T12:07:10+05:30"}, {"lord": "Moon", "from": "2026-05-16T12:07:10+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T13:10:36+05:30"}, {"lord": "Saturn", "from": "2026-05-16T13:10:36+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T14:14:02+05:30"}, {"lord": "Jupiter", "from": "2026-05-16T14:14:02+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T15:17:29+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mars", "from": "2026-05-16T15:17:29+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T16:20:55+05:30"}, {"lord": "Sun", "from": "2026-05-16T16:20:55+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T17:24:21+05:30"}, {"lord": "Venus", "from": "2026-05-16T17:24:21+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T18:27:47+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mercury", "from": "2026-05-16T18:27:47+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T19:24:20+05:30"}, {"lord": "Moon", "from": "2026-05-16T19:24:20+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T20:20:53+05:30"}, {"lord": "Saturn", "from": "2026-05-16T20:20:53+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T21:17:26+05:30"}, {"lord": "Jupiter", "from": "2026-05-16T21:17:26+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T22:13:58+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mars", "from": "2026-05-16T22:13:58+05:30", "to": "2026-05-16T23:10:31+05:30"}, {"lord": "Sun", "from": "2026-05-16T23:10:31+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T00:07:04+05:30"}, {"lord": "Venus", "from": "2026-05-17T00:07:04+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T01:03:37+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mercury", "from": "2026-05-17T01:03:37+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T02:00:10+05:30"}, {"lord": "Moon", "from": "2026-05-17T02:00:10+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T02:56:43+05:30"}, {"lord": "Saturn", "from": "2026-05-17T02:56:43+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T03:53:16+05:30"}, {"lord": "Jupiter", "from": "2026-05-17T03:53:16+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T04:49:49+05:30"}, {"lord": "Mars", "from": "2026-05-17T04:49:49+05:30", "to": "2026-05-17T05:46:21+05:30"}], "observances": ["amavasya"], "pages": {"en": "https://shastrapanchangam.com/en/panchangam/puducherry/2026-05-16/", "ta": "https://shastrapanchangam.com/ta/panchangam/puducherry/2026-05-16/", "tamil_day_sheet": "https://shastrapanchangam.com/ta/card/puducherry/2026-05-16/"}, "observance_rules": {"amavasya": "the day on which the new-moon tithi covers more of the aparahna (the fourth of five parts of daylight) than the day before or after"}, "festivals": [], "sources": {"sunrise": "Upper limb of the Sun, with refraction, at Puducherry (11.94° N, 79.81° E). Swiss Ephemeris.", "sunset": "Upper limb of the Sun, with refraction, at Puducherry (11.94° N, 79.81° E). Swiss Ephemeris.", "moonrise": "Centre of the Moon, without refraction, the first between sunrise and the next sunrise, at Puducherry (11.94° N, 79.81° E). Swiss Ephemeris.", "moonset": "Centre of the Moon, without refraction, the first between sunrise and the next sunrise, at Puducherry (11.94° N, 79.81° E). Swiss Ephemeris.", "tithi": "The Moon's longitude minus the Sun's, 12° to a tithi (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha); the tithi at Puducherry's sunrise names the day.", "nakshatra": "The Moon's sidereal longitude, 13°20′ to a nakshatra (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha), at Puducherry's sunrise.", "yoga": "The Sun's and Moon's sidereal longitudes added, 13°20′ to a yoga (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha), at Puducherry's sunrise.", "karana": "Half of a tithi (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha), at Puducherry's sunrise.", "rahu_kalam": "One eighth of daylight, chosen by weekday, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "yamagandam": "One eighth of daylight, chosen by weekday, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "gulikai": "One eighth of daylight, chosen by weekday, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "abhijit": "The eighth of the fifteen muhurtas of daylight, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "choghadiya": "Eight parts of the day and eight of the night, named by weekday, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "gowri": "Gowri Panchangam: eight parts of the day and eight of the night, named by weekday, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "hora": "Twelve parts of the day and twelve of the night, the first ruled by the weekday's planet, from Puducherry's sunrise and sunset.", "tamil_date": "Month start as printed in Tamil Nadu calendars", "observances": {"amavasya": "the day on which the new-moon tithi covers more of the aparahna (the fourth of five parts of daylight) than the day before or after"}, "publisher": "Shastra Panchangam, https://shastrapanchangam.com"}}