Bhopal panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 20:39 Margashirsha month
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India · 23.25°, 77.40° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:37
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:37 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:04 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 08:16 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:37
- 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. 05:10 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:45 next day Scorpio
- 06:45 – 06:57 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