Rajkot panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 09:39 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:43
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:04 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38 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. 05:33 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:41 – 14:02 | Good |
| Rog | 14:02 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 23:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:02 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:41 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:08 next day Libra
- 05:08 – 07:19 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