Ludhiana panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 06:06 Vaishakha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:03 – 15:40
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:55 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:40
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. 04:28 – 05:12
- 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 18:55 – 21:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Char | 12:26 – 14:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:03 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:40 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:25 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:16 Taurus
- 09:16 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 05:55 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