Atlanta panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 07:52 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 33.75°, -84.39° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 14:02
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:45
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:32 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:17
- Karana Kaulava until 08:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:45
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. 05:15 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 14:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:35 – 23:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 23:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:11 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:20 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 21:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:03 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:19 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 13:01 Cancer
- 13:01 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:46 Virgo
- 17:46 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:32 Scorpio
- 22:32 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:23 next day Aries
- 06:23 – 06:35 next day Taurus
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method