Gwalior panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 04:32 Margashirsha month
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India · 26.23°, 78.17° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:31
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:27 to 06:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:31
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) 11:52 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:59 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 06:59 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