Amritsar panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 04:41 Vaishakha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 19:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:10 – 15:53
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:19 to 05:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:53 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 05:34 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:53
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. 04:12 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Char | 12:27 – 14:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:10 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:36 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:09 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 19:09 Libra
- 19:09 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:12 next day Capricorn
- 01:12 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 05:34 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