Amritsar panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:32 Phalguna month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:39 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:38
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:38 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:07
- Karana Gara until 09:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:38
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. 05:03 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:40 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 16:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:39 | Good |
| Rog | 09:39 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:09 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Char | 12:39 – 14:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 – 15:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:38 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:38 – 23:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:08 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:38 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:38 next day | Good |
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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 23:07 Libra
- 23:07 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:34 next day Aquarius
- 06:34 – 06:38 next day Pisces
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