Amritsar panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 04:18 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:32 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:53 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:39
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:41 to 07:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:39
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. 05:41 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:32 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:36 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Char | 13:53 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:36 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:48 – 07:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:05 Aquarius
- 11:05 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 13:59 Aries
- 13:59 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 01:12 next day Virgo
- 01:12 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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