Ludhiana panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 19:57 Vaishakha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 19:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:04 – 15:44
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:04 to 05:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Balava until 11:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:44
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. 04:17 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:04 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 14:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:04 – 15:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:44 – 17:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:24 – 19:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:24 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:44 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 05:41 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