Rajkot panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 18:14 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:11
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:14 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:41 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:27 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:27 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:11 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:11 | Good |
| Char | 23:11 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 07:28 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