Atlanta panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:40 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 17:09 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
07:40 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 13:50
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 07:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 13:50
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. 05:47 – 06:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:40 – 18:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:40 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:41 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
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:41 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