Rajkot panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 11:19 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 12:42 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:04
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 07:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 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. 05:34 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:22 – 12:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:42 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:03 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:42 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:16 next day Scorpio
- 07:16 – 07:20 next day Sagittarius
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