Delhi panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:35 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:42
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:35 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 07:15 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