Rajkot panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 21:08 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:04
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:05 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:35 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:04 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:19 Cancer
- 22:19 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:21 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