Ludhiana panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 04:27 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 14:03
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:53 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 14:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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. 04:31 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:39 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:38 Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 05:59 next day Aries
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