Ludhiana panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 11:48 Ashwin month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:27
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:53 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:30 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:53 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:11 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:02 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:02 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:31 next day | Avoid |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:40 Virgo
- 06:40 – 09:02 Libra
- 09:02 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 15:05 Capricorn
- 15:05 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 04:18 next day Leo
- 04:18 – 06:31 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