Vancouver panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 08:09 Sunset 16:24 Margashirsha month
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:09 to 16:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:18
Night
16:24 to 08:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 06:03 – 07:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:35 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:50
- Karana Balava until 19:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:50 – 19:14
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. 06:03 – 07:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:09 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:22 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 06:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:10 – 08:08 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
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:03 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 08:53 Sagittarius
- 08:53 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:16 Gemini
- 17:16 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:08 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