Kanpur panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 08:32 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
05:20 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:46
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:49 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:49 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:06 Aries
- 05:06 – 07:02 Taurus
- 07:02 – 09:17 Gemini
- 09:17 – 11:35 Cancer
- 11:35 – 13:50 Leo
- 13:50 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 18:22 Libra
- 18:22 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:44 Sagittarius
- 22:44 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 03:25 next day Pisces
- 03:25 – 05:02 next day Aries
- 05:02 – 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