Rajkot panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 15:06 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:06 – 15:26
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:07 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:24 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Bava until 18:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:26
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. 05:37 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:25 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Char | 12:45 – 14:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:06 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 23:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:06 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:45 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 05:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 07:24 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