Delhi panchang, 6 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 01:59 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 17:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:02
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:37 to 07:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:42 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09 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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 21:23
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:33 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Char | 12:26 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:37 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:09 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:16 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 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:36 Capricorn
- 09:36 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:34 Cancer
- 20:34 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:16 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