Ahmedabad panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:12 Margashirsha month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:49
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:49
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:30 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:58 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 12:37 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:37 – 13:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:18 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:57 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:37 – 02:17 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 07:17 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