Rajkot panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 15:21 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:24 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 13:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:05 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 15:58
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:06 to 07:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:06 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 15:58
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. 05:36 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:24 | Good |
| Rog | 11:24 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:44 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Char | 14:05 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:05 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:45 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:43 – 07:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:40 Taurus
- 17:40 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 07:23 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