Today’s tithi end time: what does “until” mean?

Read the time as a boundary

A tithi changes when the Moon–Sun angular separation crosses the next twelve-degree division. Its end can occur during the morning, afternoon or night. It does not have to change at midnight.

Suppose a display says “Tithi A until 15:20”. That describes the boundary where Tithi A ends and the next begins. It does not mean that every ritual associated with Tithi A should be performed at 15:20.

Why do Now and At sunrise differ?

The sunrise view reports the element present at the local reference sunrise. The Now view reports the element at the current instant. If a boundary has passed between those two instants, both labels can be correct.

Choose the view that answers your question. For current calendar information, Now is convenient. For a rule explicitly referring to sunrise, read the sunrise element. A ritual with a midday, sunset or night condition needs that particular interval instead.

Keep the civil date with late timings

Traditional almanacs may use a sunrise-based day and special notation for times after midnight. PanchangSaathi uses explicit date context so a late event should not be mistaken for the previous morning. Check the day label when saving an event or comparing a printed calendar.

Do not round a ritual start outward to an earlier convenient minute or its end outward to a later one. A displayed appointment should stay inside the eligible interval.

When comparing websites, first match the reference instant and notation. An apparent disagreement may come from reading an end time as a start time, or from comparing sunrise information with a current value.