Amritsar panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 11:54 Ashwin month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:31
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:06 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:31 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:31 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:06 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:35 next day | Avoid |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:27 Scorpio
- 11:27 – 13:31 Sagittarius
- 13:31 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 16:35 Aquarius
- 16:35 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:23 Taurus
- 21:23 – 23:38 Gemini
- 23:38 – 02:01 next day Cancer
- 02:01 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 06:35 next day Virgo
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