Rajkot panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 10:32 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:23
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:04 to 07:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:46 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:23
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Char | 12:42 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 23:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:02 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:42 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:20 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:01 Taurus
- 18:01 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 07:20 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