Rajkot panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 08:21 Pausha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:00
- Yamaganda 15:37 – 16:58
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:20 to 07:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 16:58
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. 05:44 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:29 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:29 – 08:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:37 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:37 – 23:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:16 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:29 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
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:29 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