Amritsar panchang, 5 January 2024
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 01:16 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 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam 11:19 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:23
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:39 to 07:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 23:46
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:01, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:23
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 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:31 – 08:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:51 | Good |
| Rog | 13:51 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:32 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 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 07:32 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