Rajkot panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 06:16 Phalguna month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:25
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:56 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:35 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. 05:18 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:24 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:25 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:25 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:24 | Good |
| Char | 23:24 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 23:01 Libra
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Scorpio
- 01:16 – 03:22 next day Sagittarius
- 03:22 – 05:09 next day Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
- 06:42 – 06:53 next day Pisces
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