Amritsar panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 14:43 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:29
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:29 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:29
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. 05:35 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:42 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:28 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:28 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:42 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:27 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