Rajkot panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 17:22 Margashirsha month
Rajkot, Gujarat, India · 22.29°, 70.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:06
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:07 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:06
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. 05:37 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 12:45 | Good |
| Rog | 12:45 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:24 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
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 07:24 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