Rajkot panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 07:45 Phalguna month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:26
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:44 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:26
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. 05:36 – 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) 12:37 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:00 | Good |
| Rog | 13:00 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:18 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:26 | Good |
| Char | 23:26 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:03 Capricorn
- 07:03 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:08 Pisces
- 10:08 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:16 Cancer
- 18:16 – 20:27 Leo
- 20:27 – 22:37 Virgo
- 22:37 – 00:51 next day Libra
- 00:51 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:12 next day Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:59 next day Capricorn
- 06:59 – 07:16 next day Aquarius
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