Amritsar panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 10:00 Ashwin month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:40
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:54 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:40
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:20 Scorpio
- 11:20 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 16:28 Aquarius
- 16:28 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:16 Taurus
- 21:16 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 06:34 next day Virgo
- 06:34 – 06:37 next day Libra
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