Atlanta panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:43 Sunset 17:40 Margashirsha month
Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 33.75°, -84.39° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:43 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:41 – 13:56
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:40 to 07:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:50
- Karana Bava until 09:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:50 – 22:14
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. 05:51 – 06:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:43 – 07:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:43 – 09:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:43 – 08:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:41 | Good |
| Rog | 12:41 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:44 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
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:51 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 07:44 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 EST (UTC-5) · Method