Kanpur panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 00:56 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 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:50
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:42 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:42 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 12:34 Libra
- 12:34 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:14 Aries
- 23:14 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:25 next day Gemini
- 03:25 – 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