Kanpur panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 09:41 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 18:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:08
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:50 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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 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 18:50 – 20:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:20 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:02 Aries
- 05:02 – 06:59 Taurus
- 06:59 – 09:13 Gemini
- 09:13 – 11:31 Cancer
- 11:31 – 13:46 Leo
- 13:46 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:18 Libra
- 18:18 – 20:35 Scorpio
- 20:35 – 22:40 Sagittarius
- 22:40 – 00:24 next day Capricorn
- 00:24 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:21 next day Pisces
- 03:21 – 04:58 next day Aries
- 04:58 – 05:19 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