Bengaluru panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 11:40 Margashirsha month
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 12.97°, 77.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:40
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:55 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:53 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:35 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:48 Aries
- 15:48 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 06:35 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