Delhi panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 20:10 Shravana month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 14:01
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:53 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 14:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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. 04:26 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Char | 15:38 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:38 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:37 Cancer
- 05:37 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:30 Libra
- 12:30 – 14:49 Scorpio
- 14:49 – 16:53 Sagittarius
- 16:53 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:03 Aquarius
- 20:03 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:33 next day Cancer
- 05:33 – 05:55 next day Leo
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