Amritsar panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 18:19 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:10 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:27
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:27 to 07:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:27
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. 05:32 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:10 | Good |
| Rog | 11:10 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:26 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:26 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:40 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:22 next day Scorpio
- 07:22 – 07:25 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