Ludhiana panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 13:18 Ashwin month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:51
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:51 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:51
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:51 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:56 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:51 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:32 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:32 Virgo
- 06:32 – 08:54 Libra
- 08:54 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:13 Taurus
- 21:13 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 04:10 next day Leo
- 04:10 – 06:28 next day Virgo
- 06:28 – 06:32 next day Libra
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