Rajkot panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 12:12 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:02
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:04 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 05:33 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:20 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 07:19 next day Scorpio
- 07:19 – 07:20 next day Sagittarius
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