Delhi panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 13:19 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:27 to 07:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:17
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 07:10 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 07:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
- 06:48 – 07:10 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