Amritsar panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 04:59 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:41
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:28 to 07:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:41
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. 05:33 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 07:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 07:19 next day Scorpio
- 07:19 – 07:25 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