Bhubaneswar panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 05:14 Phalguna month
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India · 20.27°, 85.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:25
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:56 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 05:52 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 17:37 Leo
- 17:37 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 21:58 Libra
- 21:58 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 05:52 next day Pisces
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