Kanpur panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:16 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:21 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:20 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:10 Taurus
- 07:10 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:05 next day Aquarius
- 02:05 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:20 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