Ludhiana panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 12:50 Margashirsha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:07 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:10
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:26 to 07:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:10
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:20 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. 05:28 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:07 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:07 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:20 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 07:20 next day Sagittarius
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