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Panchang / Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Daily panchang

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Wednesday, 09 Feb 2028

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The day in simple words

Tithi
Chaturdashi · until 00:17 (10 Feb 2028)
Nakshatra
Pushya · until 04:03 (10 Feb 2028)
Avoid starting new work
12:53–14:18 · Rahu kaal

On Wednesdays the tradition does not use the Abhijit time, so no good midday time is listed for today.

All times are for Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

07:15

Sunset

18:31

Moonrise

17:15

Moonset

05:58

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
PartValue Ends What the old texts say
TithiChaturdashi
then Purnima
00:17
10 Feb 2028
Rikta (empty)
Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately.
NakshatraPushya
then Ashlesha
04:03
10 Feb 2028
Traditionally the most auspicious of the 27. Associated with nourishment, teaching and steady support - the texts recommend it for beginnings of almost every kind except marriage.
YogaAyushman
then Saubhagya
23:26 auspicious
Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
KaranaGara
then Vanija · until 00:17 (10 Feb 2028)
then Vishti
14:04 One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
VaraWednesday — Ruled by Mercury. Favoured for study, trade and communication.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

PeriodFrom To What the old texts say
Sunrise07:15 —
Sunset18:31 —
Rahu kaal 12:53 14:18 About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika 11:29 12:53 Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda 08:40 10:04 Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit 12:31 13:16 The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta 05:33 06:24 Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya 05:59 07:15 The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta 14:46 15:31 Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta 18:31 18:57 Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya 18:31 19:48 The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta 00:28 01:19
10 Feb 2028
The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta 12:31 13:16 Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam 22:23 23:48 About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam 13:55 15:19 About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana)
11 h 15 min
Night length (ratrimana)
12 h 43 min
Midday (madhyahna)
12:53
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool)
North

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya FromTo Quality
Labh 07:1508:40 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit 08:4010:04 best
anything at all
Kaal 10:0411:29 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh 11:2912:53 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog 12:5314:18 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg 14:1815:42 avoid
government work only
Chal 15:4217:07 neutral
travel and movement
Labh 17:0718:31 good
trade, starting a business, gain

Night

Choghadiya FromTo Quality
Udveg 18:3120:07 avoid
government work only
Shubh 20:0721:42 good
ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit 21:4223:18 best
anything at all
Chal 23:1800:53 neutral
travel and movement
Rog 00:5302:29 avoid
confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal 02:2904:04 avoid
accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh 04:0405:39 good
trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg 05:3907:15 avoid
government work only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

GowriFrom To Quality
Rogam 07:1508:40 avoid
medicine only
Visham 08:4010:04 avoid
nothing new
Labham 10:0411:29 good
gain, new work
Dhanam 11:2912:53 good
money, purchase, trade
Sugam 12:5314:18 good
travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham 14:1815:42 best
anything auspicious
Uthi 15:4217:07 neutral
ordinary work
Soram 17:0718:31 avoid
nothing new
More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign
Cancer
Sun sign
Capricorn
Nakshatra pada
Pushya pada 1 · until 12:10
Pushya pada 2 · until 17:29
Pushya pada 3 · until 22:46
Pushya pada 4 · until 04:03 (10 Feb 2028)
Ashlesha pada 1
Sun's nakshatra
Dhanishta pada 1
Anandadi yoga
Matanga · until 04:03 (10 Feb 2028)
then Rakshasa
Shaka samvat
1949 Plavanga
Vikram samvat
2084 Raudra
Gujarati samvat
2084 Siddharthi
Ritu (by lunar month)
Shishira
Ritu (by the Sun's season)
Shishira
Ayana (sidereal)
Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices)
Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction)
North
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction)
South-west
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara)
Durmati · until 17:02 (12 Apr 2028)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
PeriodFrom ToWhat the old texts say
Ravi yoga 07:15 04:03
10 Feb 2028
When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra 00:17
10 Feb 2028
07:15
10 Feb 2028
The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
on earth
Ganda moola 04:03
10 Feb 2028
07:15
10 Feb 2028
The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
PanchakaNot todayThe Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Roga (illness)17:2807:15
10 Feb 2028
Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for
Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Sagittarius
Tarabalam for · until 04:03
Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise
Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

LagnaFromTo
Capricorn05:4707:34
Aquarius07:3409:07
Pisces09:0710:37
Aries10:3712:18
Taurus12:1814:16
Gemini14:1616:29
Cancer16:2918:45
Leo18:4520:57
Virgo20:5723:08
Libra23:0801:22
10 Feb 2028
Scorpio01:22
10 Feb 2028
03:38
10 Feb 2028
Sagittarius03:38
10 Feb 2028
05:43
10 Feb 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

PeriodFromTo
Free of panchaka (good)07:1507:34
Mrityu (danger)07:3409:07
Agni (fire)09:0710:37
Free of panchaka (good)10:3712:18
Mrityu (danger)12:1814:16
Agni (fire)14:1616:29
Free of panchaka (good)16:2918:45
Raja (the state)18:4520:57
Free of panchaka (good)20:5723:08
Chora (theft)23:0800:17
10 Feb 2028
Free of panchaka (good)00:17
10 Feb 2028
01:22
10 Feb 2028
Roga (illness)01:22
10 Feb 2028
03:38
10 Feb 2028
Free of panchaka (good)03:38
10 Feb 2028
04:03
10 Feb 2028
Mrityu (danger)04:03
10 Feb 2028
05:43
10 Feb 2028
Agni (fire)05:43
10 Feb 2028
07:15
10 Feb 2028

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#Hora lord FromTo Suited to
1 Mercury 07:1508:12 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
2 Moon 08:1209:08 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
3 Saturn 09:0810:04 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
4 Jupiter 10:0411:01 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
5 Mars 11:0111:57 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
6 Sun 11:5712:53 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
7 Venus 12:5313:50 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
8 Mercury 13:5014:46 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
9 Moon 14:4615:42 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
10 Saturn 15:4216:39 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
11 Jupiter 16:3917:35 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
12 Mars 17:3518:31 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
13 night Sun 18:3119:35 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
14 night Venus 19:3520:39 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
15 night Mercury 20:3921:42 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
16 night Moon 21:4222:46 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
17 night Saturn 22:4623:50 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly
18 night Jupiter 23:5000:53 teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last
the most generally favoured hora
19 night Mars 00:5301:57 surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen
not for negotiation or a first meeting
20 night Sun 01:5703:00 authority, government work, dealing with the father
not for anything asking patience
21 night Venus 03:0004:04 marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality
not for austerity or hard bargaining
22 night Mercury 04:0405:08 trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation
not for anything that must be permanent
23 night Moon 05:0806:11 travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer
not for a decision you must hold to
24 night Saturn 06:1107:15 labour, repair, anything slow and structural
not for a beginning you want to move quickly

Festivals and fasts

Nothing marked on this date.