Kanpur panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 04:28 Vaishakha month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:22 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:22 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:22 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
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. 03:57 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:22 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:21 next day | Good |
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
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:22 Aries
- 05:22 – 07:18 Taurus
- 07:18 – 09:32 Gemini
- 09:32 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:38 Libra
- 18:38 – 20:55 Scorpio
- 20:55 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:13 next day Aquarius
- 02:13 – 03:40 next day Pisces
- 03:40 – 05:18 next day Aries
- 05:18 – 05:21 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