Amritsar panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 11:17 Bhadrapada month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:57
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:34 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:57
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. 04:42 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 06:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 06:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:16 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:23 Leo
- 06:23 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:25 Scorpio
- 13:25 – 15:29 Sagittarius
- 15:29 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:32 Aquarius
- 18:32 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:27 Aries
- 21:27 – 23:21 Taurus
- 23:21 – 01:36 next day Gemini
- 01:36 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 06:16 next day Leo
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