Ahmedabad panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 20:59 Margashirsha month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 13:56
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:29 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:16 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 IST (UTC+5:30) · Method