Delhi panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 20:28 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:34
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:26 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:19 – 06:14
- 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 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 06:57 next day Scorpio
- 06:57 – 07:09 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