Ahmedabad panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:09 Phalguna month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:18
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:48 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:35 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. 05:11 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:18 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:17 | Good |
| Char | 23:17 – 00:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:47 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:18 Cancer
- 16:18 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:55 Libra
- 22:55 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:16 next day Sagittarius
- 03:16 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:35 next day Aquarius
- 06:35 – 06:45 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method