Delhi panchang, 21 October 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 12:46 Ashwin month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:55
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:55
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) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:26 next day | Good |
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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 08:34 Libra
- 08:34 – 10:52 Scorpio
- 10:52 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 14:38 Capricorn
- 14:38 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 03:54 next day Leo
- 03:54 – 06:10 next day Virgo
- 06:10 – 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