Meerut panchang, 18 September 2023
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 08:47 Bhadrapada month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:53
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 04:23 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:39, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 03:57 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:06 – 12:07
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:07 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:05 Leo
- 06:05 – 08:22 Virgo
- 08:22 – 10:42 Libra
- 10:42 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:38 Pisces
- 19:38 – 21:13 Aries
- 21:13 – 23:09 Taurus
- 23:09 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 06:06 next day Virgo
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