Ludhiana panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 05:34 Pausha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:18 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:29
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:46 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:36 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:18 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:36 – 13:53 | Good |
| Rog | 13:53 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:53 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:25 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 07:25 next day Capricorn
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