Rajkot panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 19:05 Bhadrapada month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:12
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:45 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:45 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 05:00 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 21:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Char | 15:43 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:43 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 08:41 Virgo
- 08:41 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 20:08 Pisces
- 20:08 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 23:48 Taurus
- 23:48 – 02:01 next day Gemini
- 02:01 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:28 next day Leo
- 06:28 – 06:35 next day Virgo
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