Ludhiana panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 22:13 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 14:03
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:54 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 14:03
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. 04:30 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:40 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:33 Aquarius
- 04:33 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 18:39 Virgo
- 18:39 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:24 next day Sagittarius
- 01:24 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 05:57 next day Aries
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