Kanpur panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 12:35 Margashirsha month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:24
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:19 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:24
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:53 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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 06:53 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