Amritsar panchang, 23 October 2023
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 14:40 Ashwin month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:51 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:35
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 18:52
- Karana Balava until 06:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:52 – 21:16
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. 04:57 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 17:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 17:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:51 | Good |
| Rog | 10:51 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:49 | Good |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:40 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 11:01 Scorpio
- 11:01 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 14:44 Capricorn
- 14:44 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 20:56 Taurus
- 20:56 – 23:11 Gemini
- 23:11 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 06:14 next day Virgo
- 06:14 – 06:40 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