Delhi panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 14:16 Phalguna month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:59
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:31 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:50 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 22:36 Libra
- 22:36 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 02:58 next day Sagittarius
- 02:58 – 04:41 next day Capricorn
- 04:41 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
- 06:08 – 06:24 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