Ahmedabad panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 13:09 Margashirsha month
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 23.03°, 72.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam 11:15 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:36
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:56 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:36
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:15 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:28 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:15 – 12:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:36 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:16 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:36 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:36 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:36 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:16 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:36 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:15 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:15 next day Sagittarius
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