Vancouver panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 08:06 Sunset 16:14 Moonrise 12:46 Margashirsha month
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:06 to 16:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:11
- 08:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:14 to 08:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:14 – 19:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:59 – 07:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 07:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 23:57
- Karana Balava until 08:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 07:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:57 – 10:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:27 – 08:06 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. 05:59 – 07:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:14 – 19:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:27 – 08:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 18:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:13 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 06:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:07 – 08:06 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
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:59 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 09:48 Sagittarius
- 09:48 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 05:13 next day Libra
- 05:13 – 07:47 next day Scorpio
- 07:47 – 08:06 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 PST (UTC-8) · Method