Rajkot panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 14:57 Phalguna month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:25
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:57 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 05:16 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:26 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:26 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:24 | Good |
| Char | 23:24 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:50 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:37 Aquarius
- 06:37 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:37 Virgo
- 20:37 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Scorpio
- 01:06 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:33 next day Aquarius
- 06:33 – 06:50 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