Ludhiana panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 04:53 Margashirsha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:38
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:26 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:38
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:13 next day Scorpio
- 07:13 – 07:19 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