Ludhiana panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 08:38 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 19:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 14:06
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:16 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 14:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 04:07 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:16 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:33 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:10 Taurus
- 07:10 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:26 Virgo
- 16:26 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 05:12 next day Aries
- 05:12 – 05:29 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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