Bengaluru panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 12:54 Margashirsha month
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 12.97°, 77.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:31
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:56 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:31
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:36 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. 04:54 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:16 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:06 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:31 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:31 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:06 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:36 next day | Avoid |
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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 06:36 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