Abu Dhabi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 06:40 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:25 – 16:19
- 06:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:17
- Karana Balava until 06:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:25 – 16:19
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 – 21:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 10:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:02 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:02 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:59 | Good |
| Char | 18:59 – 20:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:19 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:38 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 16:24 Virgo
- 16:24 – 18:40 Libra
- 18:40 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:01 Sagittarius
- 23:01 – 00:47 next day Capricorn
- 00:47 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 03:48 next day Pisces
- 03:48 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 05:38 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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