Ludhiana panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 14:41 Margashirsha month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:26
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:27 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:26
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. 05:30 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 07:21 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