Rajkot panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 05:16 Vaishakha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 19:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 16:01
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:18 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 11:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 16:01
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. 04:41 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:39 – 19:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:39 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:00 – 23:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:22 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:43 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:05 Taurus
- 08:05 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 19:09 Libra
- 19:09 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:03 next day Aries
- 06:03 – 06:07 next day Taurus
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