Ludhiana panchang, 18 August 2026

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 11:26 Shravana month

Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

05:55 to 19:05
  1. Rog
  2. Udveg
  3. Char
  4. Labh
  5. Amrit
  6. Kaal
  7. Shubh
  8. Rog
  • Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:26
  • Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:51
  • Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:56
  • Gulika Kalam 12:30 – 14:08
  • Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:26
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara

Night

19:05 to 05:56 next day
  1. Kaal
  2. Labh
  3. Udveg
  4. Shubh
  5. Amrit
  6. Char
  7. Rog
  8. Kaal
  • Pradosha 19:05 – 21:15
  • Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
  • Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
  • Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
  • Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
  • Vara Tuesday lord Mars
  • Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Rog 05:55 –⁠ 07:34 Bad
Udveg 07:34 –⁠ 09:12 Bad
Char 09:12 –⁠ 10:51 Neutral
Labh 10:51 –⁠ 12:30 Good
Amrit 12:30 –⁠ 14:08 Good
Kaal 14:08 –⁠ 15:47 Bad
Shubh 15:47 –⁠ 17:26 Good
Rog 17:26 –⁠ 19:05 Bad
Night
Kaal 19:05 –⁠ 20:26 Bad
Labh 20:26 –⁠ 21:47 Good
Udveg 21:47 –⁠ 23:09 Bad
Shubh 23:09 –⁠ 00:30 next day Good
Amrit 00:30 –⁠ 01:51 next day Good
Char 01:51 –⁠ 03:13 next day Neutral
Rog 03:13 –⁠ 04:34 next day Bad
Kaal 04:34 –⁠ 05:56 next day Bad

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 05:55 NowMars
  2. 07:01 NowSun
  3. 08:07 NowVenus
  4. 09:12 NowMercury
  5. 10:18 NowMoon
  6. 11:24 NowSaturn
  7. 12:30 NowJupiter
  8. 13:36 NowMars
  9. 14:41 NowSun
  10. 15:47 NowVenus
  11. 16:53 NowMercury
  12. 17:59 NowMoon
  1. 19:05 NowSaturn
  2. 19:59 NowJupiter
  3. 20:53 NowMars
  4. 21:47 NowSun
  5. 22:42 NowVenus
  6. 23:36 NowMercury
  7. Next day
  8. 00:30 NowMoon
  9. 01:24 NowSaturn
  10. 02:19 NowJupiter
  11. 03:13 NowMars
  12. 04:07 NowSun
  13. 05:01 NowVenus
  1. 05:55 NowMars
  2. 06:55 NowSun
  3. 07:55 NowVenus
  4. 08:55 NowMercury
  5. 09:55 NowMoon
  6. 10:55 NowSaturn
  7. 11:55 NowJupiter
  8. 12:55 NowMars
  9. 13:55 NowSun
  10. 14:55 NowVenus
  11. 15:55 NowMercury
  12. 16:55 NowMoon
  13. 17:55 NowSaturn
  14. 18:55 NowJupiter
  1. 19:55 NowMars
  2. 20:55 NowSun
  3. 21:55 NowVenus
  4. 22:55 NowMercury
  5. 23:55 NowMoon
  6. Next day
  7. 00:55 NowSaturn
  8. 01:55 NowJupiter
  9. 02:55 NowMars
  10. 03:55 NowSun
  11. 04:55 NowVenus

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 04:28 –⁠ 05:54 Cancer
  2. 05:54 –⁠ 08:13 Leo
  3. 08:13 –⁠ 10:32 Virgo
  4. 10:32 –⁠ 12:54 Libra
  5. 12:54 –⁠ 15:14 Scorpio
  6. 15:14 –⁠ 17:17 Sagittarius
  7. 17:17 –⁠ 18:57 Capricorn
  8. 18:57 –⁠ 20:22 Aquarius
  9. 20:22 –⁠ 21:45 Pisces
  10. 21:45 –⁠ 23:18 Aries
  11. 23:18 –⁠ 01:12 next day Taurus
  12. 01:12 –⁠ 03:28 next day Gemini
  13. 03:28 –⁠ 05:50 next day Cancer
  14. 05:50 –⁠ 05:56 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