Ludhiana panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 07:01 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 15:35 – 17:06
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:36 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 17:06
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. 04:56 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:36 – 20:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:31 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:34 – 14:04 | Good |
| Rog | 14:04 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:35 – 23:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:04 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:25 Gemini
- 13:25 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 01:07 next day Scorpio
- 01:07 – 03:11 next day Sagittarius
- 03:11 – 04:51 next day Capricorn
- 04:51 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:30 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