Amritsar panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 20:31 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:42
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:28 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:34 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 07:14 next day Scorpio
- 07:14 – 07:26 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