Delhi panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 07:27 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:32
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:24 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 05:16 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
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