Amritsar panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 12:57 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:43
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:29 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 07:26 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. 05:34 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:26 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