Rajkot panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 12:43 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 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta 10:55 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam 14:03 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:56
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:05 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:55 – 11:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 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. 05:34 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Char | 11:22 – 12:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:42 – 14:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:03 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:03 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:22 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:15 next day Scorpio
- 07:15 – 07:21 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