Bhopal panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 08:53 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 18:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:56
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:55 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:55 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:37 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:35 Gemini
- 09:35 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:03 Leo
- 14:03 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:28 Libra
- 18:28 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:49 Sagittarius
- 22:49 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 05:37 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