Delhi panchang, 4 October 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 21:36 Bhadrapada month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:38
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:03 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:41 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:42
- Karana Gara until 17:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 05:44 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:38
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 18:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:29 – 06:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:29 – 06:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:05 Leo
- 05:05 – 07:21 Virgo
- 07:21 – 09:40 Libra
- 09:40 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 06:16 next day Virgo
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