Rajkot panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 13:17 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 16:44
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:05 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:44
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:21 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. 05:34 – 06:28
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:21 – 08:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:43 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 23:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:43 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 07:11 next day Scorpio
- 07:11 – 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