Rajkot panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 10:30 Pausha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:44 – 14:05
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:06 to 07:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 07:22 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. 05:36 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:24 – 12:44 | Good |
| Rog | 12:44 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 23:05 | Good |
| Char | 23:05 – 00:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:44 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:22 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
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 07:22 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