Ludhiana panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 13:24 Shravana month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 19:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:56 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:08 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:25
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
19:02 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 04:29 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:56 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 14:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:08 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 19:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:24 – 21:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:46 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:08 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:30 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:51 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 12:46 Libra
- 12:46 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:20 next day Gemini
- 03:20 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 05:57 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