Gwalior panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 20:30 Margashirsha month
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India · 26.23°, 78.17° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:32
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:27 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:06 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 08:18 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:32
- 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. 05:11 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:00 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
- 06:48 – 07:00 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