Meerut panchang, 20 September 2023
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 10:45 Bhadrapada month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:43
- 08:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:17 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:16
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:57 – 05:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:43
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 – 05:20
- 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 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:58 – 06:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:58 – 06:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:58 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 08:14 Virgo
- 08:14 – 10:34 Libra
- 10:34 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 16:39 Capricorn
- 16:39 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:54 next day Leo
- 05:54 – 06:07 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