Delhi panchang, 17 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 11:21 Pausha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 13:49
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:46 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:33 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:33 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 17:12
- Karana Gara until 10:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:33 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:07 – 03:33 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 03:33 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:33 – 07:15 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. 05:27 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 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
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:08 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)
- 05:27 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:06 next day Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
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