Meerut panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 09:41 Ashwin month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:29
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:45 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:22 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:24 Virgo
- 06:24 – 08:44 Libra
- 08:44 – 11:03 Scorpio
- 11:03 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 14:49 Capricorn
- 14:49 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:15 Aries
- 19:15 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:25 Gemini
- 23:25 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 04:04 next day Leo
- 04:04 – 06:20 next day Virgo
- 06:20 – 06:23 next day Libra
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