Meerut panchang, 11 October 2023
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 03:05 Bhadrapada month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:32
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 08:41
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:32
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. 04:39 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 17:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:52 Virgo
- 06:52 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:43 Aries
- 19:43 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 06:19 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