Bengaluru panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 14:20 Margashirsha month
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 12.97°, 77.59° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 17:57
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:57 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:32 – 17:57
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 06:37 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:57 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:02 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:32 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 17:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:37 next day | Good |
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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:37 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