Abu Dhabi panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 20:42 Margashirsha month
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 24.45°, 54.40° · Asia/Dubai (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:38
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:36 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:03
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:56 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:03 – 17:03 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:14 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:01 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in GST (UTC+4) · Method