Panchang for Sunday, 24 December 2023

The five elements of the day, the sun and the moon, and the windows tradition keeps.

Reckoned for

Every time below is on Ujjaintime. Sunrise moves with your longitude, and so does everything measured from it — a panchang for a city east or west of Ujjain will differ by minutes or more. How to read this page.

Tithi
Shukla Trayodashiuntil 05:56 on 25 Dec
Shukla Chaturdashiuntil 05:47 on 26 Dec
Nakshatra
Krittikauntil 21:19
Rohiniuntil 21:38 on 25 Dec
Yoga
Siddhauntil 07:16
Sadhyauntil 05:40 on 25 Dec
Karana
Kaulavauntil 18:08
Taitilauntil 05:56 on 25 Dec
Garauntil 17:49 on 25 Dec
Month & year
Margashirsha, reckoned amanta — new moon to new moon.
Vikram Samvat 2080 · Shaka Samvat 1945

Sun and moon at Ujjain

Sunrise07:04
Sunset17:47
Moonrise15:26
Moonset05:25

Traditionally observed windows

These are divisions of the span between sunrise and sunset, kept by long tradition. They are recorded here as what is customarily observed, not as a claim about what a day will bring.

Rahu Kaal
16:27 – 17:47
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Yamaganda
12:26 – 13:46
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Gulika Kaal
15:06 – 16:27
Traditionally avoided for beginning new work.
Abhijit
12:04 – 12:47
The midday muhurta, traditionally favoured.

Choghadiya — day

  • Udveg07:04 – 08:25traditionally avoided
  • Chara08:25 – 09:45traditionally neither
  • Labha09:45 – 11:05traditionally favourable
  • Amrit11:05 – 12:26traditionally favourable
  • Kaal12:26 – 13:46traditionally avoided
  • Shubh13:46 – 15:06traditionally favourable
  • Rog15:06 – 16:27traditionally avoided
  • Udveg16:27 – 17:47traditionally avoided

Choghadiya — night

  • Shubh17:47 – 19:27traditionally favourable
  • Amrit19:27 – 21:06traditionally favourable
  • Chara21:06 – 22:46traditionally neither
  • Rog22:46 – 00:26 on 25 Dectraditionally avoided
  • Kaal00:26 on 25 Dec – 02:06 on 25 Dectraditionally avoided
  • Labha02:06 on 25 Dec – 03:45 on 25 Dectraditionally favourable
  • Udveg03:45 on 25 Dec – 05:25 on 25 Dectraditionally avoided
  • Shubh05:25 on 25 Dec – 07:05 on 25 Dectraditionally favourable

How to read this page

What is shown
Each element is the one running at sunrise, with the instant it ends. Where a second begins before the next sunrise it is listed under the first, because an element that ends soon after dawn governs almost none of the day that follows it.
Which clock
Every time here is on the clock of the anchor selected above, and every anchor is a city, not a country. Sunrise moves with longitude — roughly four minutes for every degree east or west — and Rahu Kaal, Abhijit and the Choghadiya are all divisions of the span between sunrise and sunset, so they move with it too. A panchang computed for your own town will differ, and by more than a rounding.
Sources
Positions of the Sun and Moon come from Astronomy Engine, an open-source implementation of standard astronomical models. Nakshatra and yoga use the Lahiri ayanamsa. A hand-checked table of published panchang days across five regions and several years is re-verified on every build, and the build is refused if any disagree.
Months and years
The month is amanta — new moon to new moon. Vikram and Shaka Samvat both turn at Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, in March or April. The Gujarati Vikram Samvat turns at Kartika Shukla Pratipada instead, around Diwali, so if that is your reckoning the year given here will be one ahead of yours for part of the year.
The traditional windows
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and the Choghadiya are recorded here as what is customarily observed. They are divisions of the daylight span by weekday, not astronomical events, and nothing on this page is a claim about what any day will bring.