Amritsar panchang, 1 November 2023
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 20:17 Ashwin month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:35
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:40 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:36 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 14:06
- Karana Bava until 09:19, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:35
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. 05:02 – 05:54
- 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 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:47 – 04:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:48 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
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:43 Virgo
- 05:43 – 08:05 Libra
- 08:05 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:29 Sagittarius
- 12:29 – 14:08 Capricorn
- 14:08 – 15:33 Aquarius
- 15:33 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 18:27 Aries
- 18:27 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:59 next day Cancer
- 00:59 – 03:19 next day Leo
- 03:19 – 05:39 next day Virgo
- 05:39 – 06:48 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