Mathura panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:35 Margashirsha month
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India · 27.50°, 77.67° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:41
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:35 to 07:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:22 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:11 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:11 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 07:11 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