Ludhiana panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 11:11 Bhadrapada month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:53
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:30 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 06:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 06:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:12 next day | Bad |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:38 Virgo
- 08:38 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:23 Sagittarius
- 15:23 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 19:51 Pisces
- 19:51 – 21:24 Aries
- 21:24 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 03:56 next day Cancer
- 03:56 – 06:12 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