Atlanta panchang, 18 December 2026

Friday, 18 December 2026

Sunrise 07:38 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 13:12 Margashirsha month

Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 33.75°, -84.39° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

07:38 to 17:30
  1. Char
  2. Labh
  3. Amrit
  4. Kaal
  5. Shubh
  6. Rog
  7. Udveg
  8. Char
  • Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:06
  • Durmuhurta 09:36 – 10:16
  • Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:34
  • Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:53
  • Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:33
  • Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:16
  • 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
  • 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila

Night

17:30 to 07:38 next day
  1. Rog
  2. Kaal
  3. Labh
  4. Udveg
  5. Shubh
  6. Amrit
  7. Char
  8. Rog
  • Pradosha 17:30 – 20:20
  • Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
  • 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
  • 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
  • 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:44
  • Nakshatra Revati until 05:28 next day · lord Mercury
  • Yoga Variyan until 00:05 next day
  • Karana Kaulava until 12:44, then Taitila
  • Vara Friday lord Venus
  • Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
  • 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
  • 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
  • 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
  • 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
  • 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
  • 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Char 07:38 –⁠ 08:52 Neutral
Labh 08:52 –⁠ 10:06 Good
Amrit 10:06 –⁠ 11:20 Good
Kaal 11:20 –⁠ 12:34 Bad
Shubh 12:34 –⁠ 13:48 Good
Rog 13:48 –⁠ 15:02 Bad
Udveg 15:02 –⁠ 16:16 Bad
Char 16:16 –⁠ 17:30 Neutral
Night
Rog 17:30 –⁠ 19:16 Bad
Kaal 19:16 –⁠ 21:02 Bad
Labh 21:02 –⁠ 22:48 Good
Udveg 22:48 –⁠ 00:34 next day Bad
Shubh 00:34 –⁠ 02:20 next day Good
Amrit 02:20 –⁠ 04:06 next day Good
Char 04:06 –⁠ 05:52 next day Neutral
Rog 05:52 –⁠ 07:38 next day Bad

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 07:38 NowVenus
  2. 08:27 NowMercury
  3. 09:16 NowMoon
  4. 10:06 NowSaturn
  5. 10:55 NowJupiter
  6. 11:44 NowMars
  7. 12:34 NowSun
  8. 13:23 NowVenus
  9. 14:12 NowMercury
  10. 15:02 NowMoon
  11. 15:51 NowSaturn
  12. 16:41 NowJupiter
  1. 17:30 NowMars
  2. 18:41 NowSun
  3. 19:51 NowVenus
  4. 21:02 NowMercury
  5. 22:13 NowMoon
  6. 23:23 NowSaturn
  7. Next day
  8. 00:34 NowJupiter
  9. 01:45 NowMars
  10. 02:55 NowSun
  11. 04:06 NowVenus
  12. 05:17 NowMercury
  13. 06:27 NowMoon
  1. 07:38 NowVenus
  2. 08:38 NowMercury
  3. 09:38 NowMoon
  4. 10:38 NowSaturn
  5. 11:38 NowJupiter
  6. 12:38 NowMars
  7. 13:38 NowSun
  8. 14:38 NowVenus
  9. 15:38 NowMercury
  10. 16:38 NowMoon
  1. 17:38 NowSaturn
  2. 18:38 NowJupiter
  3. 19:38 NowMars
  4. 20:38 NowSun
  5. 21:38 NowVenus
  6. 22:38 NowMercury
  7. 23:38 NowMoon
  8. Next day
  9. 00:38 NowSaturn
  10. 01:38 NowJupiter
  11. 02:38 NowMars
  12. 03:38 NowSun
  13. 04:38 NowVenus
  14. 05:38 NowMercury
  15. 06:38 NowMoon

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 05:44 –⁠ 07:30 Scorpio
  2. 07:30 –⁠ 09:33 Sagittarius
  3. 09:33 –⁠ 11:11 Capricorn
  4. 11:11 –⁠ 12:33 Aquarius
  5. 12:33 –⁠ 13:52 Pisces
  6. 13:52 –⁠ 15:22 Aries
  7. 15:22 –⁠ 17:15 Taurus
  8. 17:15 –⁠ 19:31 Gemini
  9. 19:31 –⁠ 21:56 Cancer
  10. 21:56 –⁠ 00:18 next day Leo
  11. 00:18 –⁠ 02:41 next day Virgo
  12. 02:41 –⁠ 05:05 next day Libra
  13. 05:05 –⁠ 07:26 next day Scorpio
  14. 07:26 –⁠ 07:38 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 EST (UTC-5) · Method