Rajkot panchang, 12 October 2023
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 04:32 Bhadrapada month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:03
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:23 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 09:29
- Karana Gara until 06:48, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:42 – 08:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:36 – 06:43 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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:33 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:01 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:33 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:43 next day | Good |
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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:24 Libra
- 09:24 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:18 Aries
- 20:18 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 06:43 next day Virgo
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