Abu Dhabi panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 12:52 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
07:01 to 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:17
- 09:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:36 to 07:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:49
- Karana Balava until 09:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:17
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 21:44 – 07:01 next day
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 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 14:40 – 21:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:40 – 07:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:40 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:01 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:40 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:01 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
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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