Rajkot panchang, 16 October 2023
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 07:57 Ashwin month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:01
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:20 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:03
- Karana Balava until 12:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:01
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. 05:05 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:54 Virgo
- 06:54 – 09:08 Libra
- 09:08 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:50 Aquarius
- 16:50 – 18:21 Pisces
- 18:21 – 20:02 Aries
- 20:02 – 22:01 Taurus
- 22:01 – 00:14 next day Gemini
- 00:14 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 06:44 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