Ludhiana panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 05:30 Chaitra month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:40 – 17:17
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:54 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:17
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. 04:29 – 05:13
- 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 – 21:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:40 – 23:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:25 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 05:56 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:30 Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 05:56 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