Ludhiana panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 20:29 Margashirsha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:39
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:26 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:28 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
- 07:08 – 07:20 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