Amritsar panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 21:55 Magha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:09
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:26 to 06:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:09
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 05:19 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:09 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:08 | Good |
| Char | 23:08 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 09:06 Pisces
- 09:06 – 10:39 Aries
- 10:39 – 12:33 Taurus
- 12:33 – 14:48 Gemini
- 14:48 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 00:13 next day Libra
- 00:13 – 02:34 next day Scorpio
- 02:34 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
- 06:17 – 06:59 next day Aquarius
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