Delhi panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 16:46 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:47 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:12
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:29 to 07:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 03:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:12
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. 05:23 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Char | 09:47 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
- 06:29 – 07:13 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