Amritsar panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 11:59 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:41
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:27 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 next day
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. 05:32 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:24 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 07:24 next day Scorpio
- 07:24 – 07:24 next day Sagittarius
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