Amritsar panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 09:05 Magha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:41 – 13:59
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 07:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 13:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:30 – 13:58
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. 05:41 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 12:41 | Good |
| Rog | 12:41 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:29 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
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:06 Aries
- 13:06 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:16 Gemini
- 17:16 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:04 next day Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 07:29 next day Capricorn
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