Rajkot panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 07:27 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:03 – 15:23
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:04 to 07:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:23
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 18:04 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Char | 12:42 – 14:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:03 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:42 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:20 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 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
- 07:17 – 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