Rajkot panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 04:55 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 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:03
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
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
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:03
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:05 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 07:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 17:55 Taurus
- 17:55 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:35 next day Leo
- 00:35 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 07:14 next day Scorpio
- 07:14 – 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