Delhi panchang, 20 October 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 11:48 Ashwin month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:20
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:20
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. 04:44 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:45 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 08:37 Libra
- 08:37 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:00 Sagittarius
- 13:00 – 14:42 Capricorn
- 14:42 – 16:10 Aquarius
- 16:10 – 17:35 Pisces
- 17:35 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:40 next day Cancer
- 01:40 – 03:58 next day Leo
- 03:58 – 06:14 next day Virgo
- 06:14 – 06:26 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