Ludhiana panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 04:57 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 14:03 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:19
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:54 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 11:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:19
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. 04:30 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:58 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:26 – 14:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:03 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:17 – 21:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:40 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:03 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:26 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:34 Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:25 next day Sagittarius
- 01:25 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 05:58 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