Meerut panchang, 16 September 2023
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 06:58 Bhadrapada month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:18
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:17 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:17
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 04:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:17, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 07:35
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:35 – 06:05 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:37 – 19:50
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. 04:31 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:05 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:13 Leo
- 06:13 – 08:30 Virgo
- 08:30 – 10:50 Libra
- 10:50 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:22 Aquarius
- 18:22 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 21:21 Aries
- 21:21 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 06:05 next day Leo
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