Rajkot panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:07 Moonrise 06:41 Vaishakha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 19:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:56
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:07 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:07 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:56
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. 04:55 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:11 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Char | 12:46 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:31 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:56 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:45 – 02:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:10 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:24 next day | Good |
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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:12 next day Pisces
- 06:12 – 06:24 next day Aries
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