Delhi panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 04:01 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 11:09 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:34
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:34
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. 05:27 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:51 – 11:09 | Good |
| Rog | 11:09 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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