Amritsar panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 05:03 Phalguna month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:09 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:14
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:37 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:14
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. 05:04 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 21:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:09 | Good |
| Rog | 11:09 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:39 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:37 | Good |
| Char | 18:37 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:38 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:08 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:08 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:39 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:34 Aries
- 09:34 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:29 next day Scorpio
- 01:29 – 03:32 next day Sagittarius
- 03:32 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
- 06:36 – 06:39 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