Rajkot panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 11:44 Ashwin month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:53
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:20 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:44 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:05 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:20 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:53 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:53 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:26 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:44 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:23 Scorpio
- 11:23 – 13:28 Sagittarius
- 13:28 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 06:44 next day Virgo
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