Ludhiana panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 19:07 Moonrise 09:26 Shravana month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 19:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:30 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam 15:48 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta 17:21 – 18:14
- Rahu Kalam 17:28 – 19:07
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:07 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:07 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:21 – 18:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:28 – 19:07
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:28 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 – 21:16
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:30 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:09 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:28 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:10 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:51 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 10:40 Virgo
- 10:40 – 13:02 Libra
- 13:02 – 15:22 Scorpio
- 15:22 – 17:25 Sagittarius
- 17:25 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 20:30 Aquarius
- 20:30 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:26 Aries
- 23:26 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:54 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