Abu Dhabi panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 08:50 Magha month
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 24.45°, 54.40° · Asia/Dubai (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 13:55
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:58 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:31 – 17:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 13:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:08 – 12:28
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. 05:23 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:28 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:08 Taurus
- 15:08 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:41 next day Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 07:08 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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