Ludhiana panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 07:32 Phalguna month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:04
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:15 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:04
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. 05:23 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:04 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:05 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:53 Capricorn
- 06:53 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 11:14 Aries
- 11:14 – 13:08 Taurus
- 13:08 – 15:23 Gemini
- 15:23 – 17:45 Cancer
- 17:45 – 20:05 Leo
- 20:05 – 22:24 Virgo
- 22:24 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:09 next day Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:49 next day Capricorn
- 06:49 – 07:05 next day Aquarius
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