Delhi panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 00:10 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:42 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:31
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:35 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:42 – 11:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:31
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. 05:26 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:25 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:35 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:42 Cancer
- 20:42 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 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