Ludhiana panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 10:19 Pausha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:40
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:27 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 07:21 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. 05:29 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 07:00 next day Scorpio
- 07:00 – 07:21 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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