Ludhiana panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 06:22 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 19:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 14:06 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:30
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:15 to 05:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:30
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. 04:08 – 04:49
- 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 19:15 – 21:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:32 – 19:15 | Good |
| Char | 19:15 – 20:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:32 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:49 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:06 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:24 Aries
- 05:24 – 07:18 Taurus
- 07:18 – 09:33 Gemini
- 09:33 – 11:55 Cancer
- 11:55 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:20 next day Aries
- 05:20 – 05:30 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