Rajkot panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 09:54 Ashwin month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 13:58
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:18 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:58
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:45 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:46 Virgo
- 06:46 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:06 next day Gemini
- 00:06 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 06:42 next day Virgo
- 06:42 – 06:45 next day Libra
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