Amritsar panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 16:38 Margashirsha month
Amritsar, Punjab, India · 31.62°, 74.88° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:44
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:30 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:44
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. 05:36 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 07:28 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