Amritsar panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 06:24 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 19:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:10 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:35
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:20 to 05:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:35
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. 04:11 – 04:52
- 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 19:20 – 21:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:20 | Good |
| Char | 19:20 – 20:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:37 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:10 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:26 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:20 Taurus
- 07:20 – 09:36 Gemini
- 09:36 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:39 Virgo
- 16:39 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 02:28 next day Aquarius
- 02:28 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:22 next day Aries
- 05:22 – 05:32 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