Ahmedabad panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 05:07 Vaishakha month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 19:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:54
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:12 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:54
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. 04:33 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:12 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Char | 12:36 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:33 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:15 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:38 Leo
- 14:38 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:54 next day Aries
- 05:54 – 05:58 next day Taurus
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