Vancouver panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 08:05 Sunset 16:13 Moonrise 19:59 Margashirsha month
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:05 to 16:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:10
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:13 to 08:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:13 – 19:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:58 – 07:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:03 – 05:03 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 06:15 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. 05:58 – 07:01
- 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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:13 – 19:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 18:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:12 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 06:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:06 – 08:05 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
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 09:53 Sagittarius
- 09:53 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 05:18 next day Libra
- 05:18 – 07:52 next day Scorpio
- 07:52 – 08:05 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