Ludhiana panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:55 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:40 – 17:18
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:55 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 08:21
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. 04:28 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:55 – 21:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:18 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:40 – 23:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:25 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 05:55 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