Delhi panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 10:31 Phalguna month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:29
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:29 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:07
- Karana Gara until 09:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:29
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:30 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 16:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:14 next day Sagittarius
- 03:14 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
- 06:24 – 06:29 next day Pisces
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