Ludhiana panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 09:00 Magha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:19 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 12:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 13:56
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:51 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 13:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:24 – 13:58
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 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:43 Capricorn
- 08:43 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:31 Pisces
- 11:31 – 13:04 Aries
- 13:04 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:35 Cancer
- 19:35 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 07:24 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