Abu Dhabi panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:59 Vaishakha month
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 24.45°, 54.40° · Asia/Dubai (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:39 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta 17:12 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam 17:19 – 18:59
- 16:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:59 to 05:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:42 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 04:22 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:22 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:12 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:19 – 18:59
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. 04:13 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 17:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:39 | Good |
| Rog | 15:39 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:38 | Good |
| Char | 21:38 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:38 next day | Good |
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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 14:11 Leo
- 14:11 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:55 Scorpio
- 20:55 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 00:46 next day Capricorn
- 00:46 – 02:17 next day Aquarius
- 02:17 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 05:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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