Rajkot panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 02:44 Kartika month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:17 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:41
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:01 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:41
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. 05:29 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:14 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:17 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:38 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:38 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:48 Capricorn
- 11:48 – 13:22 Aquarius
- 13:22 – 14:53 Pisces
- 14:53 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 23:01 Cancer
- 23:01 – 01:12 next day Leo
- 01:12 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:36 next day Libra
- 05:36 – 07:15 next day Scorpio
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