Amritsar panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 12:54 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam 11:11 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:13
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:28 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:13
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:25 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. 05:33 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:16
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:25 – 08:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:40 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:11 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:27 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:11 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 07:16 next day Scorpio
- 07:16 – 07:25 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