Delhi panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 11:03 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:25
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:25 to 07:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:25 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:08 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
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