Ludhiana panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 16:32 Bhadrapada month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:49
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:21 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 06:16 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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:52 Leo
- 05:52 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:32 Libra
- 10:32 – 12:52 Scorpio
- 12:52 – 14:56 Sagittarius
- 14:56 – 16:36 Capricorn
- 16:36 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 22:51 Taurus
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Gemini
- 01:06 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:48 next day Leo
- 05:48 – 06:16 next day Virgo
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