Kanpur panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 09:05 Shravana month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:43
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:43 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:43
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 next day
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. 04:14 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:42 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:49 Cancer
- 05:49 – 08:04 Leo
- 08:04 – 10:18 Virgo
- 10:18 – 12:36 Libra
- 12:36 – 14:53 Scorpio
- 14:53 – 16:58 Sagittarius
- 16:58 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:39 Pisces
- 21:39 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:13 next day Taurus
- 01:13 – 03:27 next day Gemini
- 03:27 – 05:42 next day Cancer
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