Delhi panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 18:19 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:21
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:21
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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:25 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 07:08 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
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