Amritsar panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 13:24 Ashwin month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:54
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:54 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:54
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:01 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:51 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:37 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:59 Libra
- 08:59 – 11:19 Scorpio
- 11:19 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 15:02 Capricorn
- 15:02 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 01:53 next day Cancer
- 01:53 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:33 next day Virgo
- 06:33 – 06:37 next day Libra
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