Amritsar panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 10:37 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 14:56
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:27 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:46 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:56
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. 05:32 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:24 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:10 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Char | 12:25 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 02:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:10 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:24 next day | Good |
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
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 07:24 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