Delhi panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 09:29 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:07
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:24 to 07:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38 next day
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. 05:17 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:07 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:07 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
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:07 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