Ludhiana panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 04:38 Vaishakha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 19:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:05 – 15:48
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:14 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:48
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. 04:09 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 14:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:05 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:31 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:48 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 05:31 next day Taurus
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