Ludhiana panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 06:00 Phalguna month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 14:05
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:35 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:33 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. 04:58 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:03 Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 07:50 Pisces
- 07:50 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:18 Taurus
- 11:18 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:55 Libra
- 22:55 – 01:15 next day Scorpio
- 01:15 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
- 06:24 – 06:33 next day Pisces
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