Ludhiana panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 07:12 Pausha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:48
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:48 to 07:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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) 12:16 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:25 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:43 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:19 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:36 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:25 next day | Good |
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
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 08:55 Capricorn
- 08:55 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 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