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December 2026
Somavara
Sunrise
7:12 AM
Sunset
5:32 PM
Sunrise
7:12 AM 29 Dec
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The five aṅgas
- Tithi
- Krishna Panchami
- until 2:58 PM
- then Krishna Shashthi
- Nakṣatra
- Magha
- until 4:33 PM
- then Purva Phalguni
- Yoga
- Priti
- until 5:55 PM
- then Ayushman
- Karaṇa
- Taitila
- until 2:58 PM
- then Gara until 2:06 AM
- then Vanija
- Vāra
- Somavara
- sunrise to sunrise
- Moonrise & moonset
- 10:27 PM
- sets 10:35 AM
Choghaḍiyā
- Daytime from 7:12 AM
- Amṛta Best 7:12 AM – 8:30 AM
- Kāla Loss 8:30 AM – 9:47 AM
- Śubha Good 9:47 AM – 11:05 AM
- Roga Illness 11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
- Udvega Anxiety 12:22 PM – 1:40 PM
- Cala Neutral 1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
- Lābha Gain 2:57 PM – 4:15 PM
- Amṛta Best 4:15 PM – 5:32 PM
- Night from 5:32 PM
- Cala Neutral 5:32 PM – 7:15 PM
- Roga Illness 7:15 PM – 8:57 PM
- Kāla Loss 8:57 PM – 10:40 PM
- Lābha Gain 10:40 PM – 12:22 AM
- Udvega Anxiety 12:22 AM – 2:05 AM
- Śubha Good 2:05 AM – 3:47 AM
- Amṛta Best 3:47 AM – 5:30 AM
- Cala Neutral 5:30 AM – 7:12 AM
Periods of the day
Auspicious
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Brāhma muhūrta 5:23 AM – 6:17 AM
The hour before dawn, kept for japa, study and meditation rather than for beginnings.
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Abhijit muhūrta 12:01 PM – 12:43 PM
Held to override most inauspicious periods; the usual fallback when no better muhūrta is available.
Inauspicious
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Rāhu kāla 8:30 AM – 9:47 AM
Avoided for beginnings — travel, purchases, a first recitation. Ongoing practice is not interrupted.
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Yamagaṇḍa 11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
Avoided for auspicious undertakings, on the same footing as rāhu kāla.
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Gulika kāla 1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
Held to make what is begun in it repeat, so it is avoided for anything one would not want again.
Cāturmāsya — next runs 13 Jul 2027 to 9 Nov 2027, from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī in Āṣāḍha to Prabodhinī Ekādaśī in Kārtika.
The choghaḍiyā and the periods above are marked customary: they are widely kept practice, and no text this site publishes prescribes them yet. The aṅgas, sunrise and sunset are computed and exact.
Computed with dṛk gaṇita (observation-based) and the Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, from the Swiss Ephemeris. The day's aṅgas are those running at sunrise. How dates are computed.