Dubai panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 12:48 Margashirsha month
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 25.08°, 55.31° · Asia/Dubai (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:12
- 09:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:31 to 06:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 21:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:49
- Karana Balava until 09:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 21:44 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) 11:51 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:12
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 21:44 – 06:59 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. 05:11 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:31 – 20:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 14:40 – 21:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:40 – 06:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 14:40 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:58 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:53 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:12 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:53 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:15 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:59 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
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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