Delhi panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 21:42 Magha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:00
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:18 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 05:08 – 05:58
- 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 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:48 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:07 Capricorn
- 06:07 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 21:39 Virgo
- 21:39 – 23:58 Libra
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:03 next day Capricorn
- 06:03 – 06:48 next day Aquarius
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