Kanpur panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 11:34 Margashirsha month
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.35° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:22
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:17 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 06:51 next day Sagittarius
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