Amritsar panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 17:37 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:50
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:37 to 07:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:40 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:31 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:31 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:31 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
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 07:31 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