Rajkot panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 13:49 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam 14:05 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 15:57
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:06 to 07:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 15:57
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. 05:36 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:22 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 07:23 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 07:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Char | 11:24 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:05 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:05 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:44 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:00 next day Scorpio
- 07:00 – 07:23 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