Bhopal panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 06:37 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India · 23.25°, 77.40° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:15
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:54 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:15
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. 04:12 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:54 | Good |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:35 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:11 Leo
- 14:11 – 16:21 Virgo
- 16:21 – 18:36 Libra
- 18:36 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 05:38 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 IST (UTC+5:30) · Method