Amritsar panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 11:19 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 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:28
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:28 to 07:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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. 05:33 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:26 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:25 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 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:07 Capricorn
- 11:07 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:21 next day Scorpio
- 07:21 – 07:25 next day Sagittarius
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