Ludhiana panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 09:41 Ashadha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 19:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:36 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:36 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:16 – 16:00
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:29 to 05:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:36 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:36 next day
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. 04:15 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:29 – 21:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 14:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:16 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:01 – 23:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:17 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:33 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:33 Gemini
- 05:33 – 07:56 Cancer
- 07:56 – 10:15 Leo
- 10:15 – 12:34 Virgo
- 12:34 – 14:56 Libra
- 14:56 – 17:16 Scorpio
- 17:16 – 19:19 Sagittarius
- 19:19 – 20:59 Capricorn
- 20:59 – 22:24 Aquarius
- 22:24 – 23:47 Pisces
- 23:47 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:14 next day Taurus
- 03:14 – 05:29 next day Gemini
- 05:29 – 05:36 next day Cancer
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