Rajkot panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 13:04 Phalguna month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:24 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:31
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:56 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:36
- Karana Balava until 10:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:31
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. 05:17 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:10 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:24 | Good |
| Rog | 11:24 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:25 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:24 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:20 next day Sagittarius
- 03:20 – 05:07 next day Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
- 06:40 – 06:52 next day Pisces
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