Ludhiana panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 10:26 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 19:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:51 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:27
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:06 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:27
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:54 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:06 – 21:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:51 | Good |
| Rog | 10:51 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:30 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:06 | Good |
| Char | 19:06 – 20:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:27 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:09 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:30 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:17 Leo
- 08:17 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:58 Libra
- 12:58 – 15:18 Scorpio
- 15:18 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:01 Capricorn
- 19:01 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:16 next day Taurus
- 01:16 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 05:55 next day Leo
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