Rajkot panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 13:18 Ashwin month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:18
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:18 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:18
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:18 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:11 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:51 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:18 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:32 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:12 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:45 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 08:59 Libra
- 08:59 – 11:15 Scorpio
- 11:15 – 13:20 Sagittarius
- 13:20 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 16:41 Aquarius
- 16:41 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 06:42 next day Virgo
- 06:42 – 06:45 next day Libra
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