Delhi panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 14:28 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 14:54
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:28 to 07:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Vishti until 07:12, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:54
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:28 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:11 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
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 07:11 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