Ludhiana panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 07:34 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:04 – 15:35
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:37 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Char | 12:34 – 14:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:04 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:35 – 23:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:04 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:33 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:22 Virgo
- 20:22 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 04:47 next day Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:12 next day Aquarius
- 06:12 – 06:29 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