Ludhiana panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 06:36 Ashwin month
Ludhiana, Punjab, India · 30.91°, 75.85° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:36
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:50 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:36
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:31 Virgo
- 06:31 – 08:52 Libra
- 08:52 – 11:12 Scorpio
- 11:12 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 16:21 Aquarius
- 16:21 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:16 Aries
- 19:16 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:26 Gemini
- 23:26 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:08 next day Leo
- 04:08 – 06:27 next day Virgo
- 06:27 – 06:33 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