Ludhiana panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 07:40 Vaishakha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:20
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:56 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:20
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. 04:26 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:40 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:41 Pisces
- 05:41 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:46 Cancer
- 13:46 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:49 next day Capricorn
- 02:49 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:37 next day Pisces
- 05:37 – 05:53 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