Abu Dhabi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 12:20 Margashirsha month
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 24.45°, 54.40° · Asia/Dubai (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 09:39 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:29
- 07:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:36 to 07:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:56 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:51
- Karana Vishti until 09:42, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:56 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:16 – 07:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:43 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:51 – 10:49 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:29
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. 05:13 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:20 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:39 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:36 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:20 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 06:55 next day Scorpio
- 06:55 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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