Delhi panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:42 Ashwin month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:31
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:47 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:24 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:26 Virgo
- 06:26 – 08:45 Libra
- 08:45 – 11:04 Scorpio
- 11:04 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 14:50 Capricorn
- 14:50 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:13 Taurus
- 21:13 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 06:22 next day Virgo
- 06:22 – 06:25 next day Libra
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