Delhi panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 10:20 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 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:50
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:25 to 07:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:46 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:50
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 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:07 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:24 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:07 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:08 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