Amritsar panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 07:46 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:39
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:26 to 07:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 05:30 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:37 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:22 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
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:16 next day Libra
- 05:16 – 07:22 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