Amritsar panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 14:18 Phalguna month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:08
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:41 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:59 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:08 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:39 – 23:08 | Good |
| Char | 23:08 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:33 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:14 next day Sagittarius
- 03:14 – 04:54 next day Capricorn
- 04:54 – 06:18 next day Aquarius
- 06:18 – 06:33 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