Rajkot panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 07:36 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:20 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:01
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:03 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:01
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 05:32 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:20 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:36 Scorpio
- 07:36 – 09:41 Sagittarius
- 09:41 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 13:02 Aquarius
- 13:02 – 14:33 Pisces
- 14:33 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:13 Taurus
- 18:13 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:16 next day Libra
- 05:16 – 07:18 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