Rajkot panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 19:03 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:21 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:55
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:04 to 07:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:55
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. 05:34 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:42 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:42 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
- 07:17 – 07:20 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