Amritsar panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 00:43 Kartika month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:37
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:25 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:37
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 11:51 Capricorn
- 11:51 – 13:15 Aquarius
- 13:15 – 14:37 Pisces
- 14:37 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:03 Taurus
- 18:03 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 01:02 next day Leo
- 01:02 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 05:44 next day Libra
- 05:44 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
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