Kanpur panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 08:36 Magha month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:40
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:41 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:58 – 13:58
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. 05:12 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:58 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
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:16 Pisces
- 11:16 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 14:50 Taurus
- 14:50 – 17:04 Gemini
- 17:04 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 06:58 next day Capricorn
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