Meerut panchang, 20 October 2023
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 11:47 Ashwin month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:18
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:18
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:43 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:16 Virgo
- 06:16 – 08:36 Libra
- 08:36 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 12:59 Sagittarius
- 12:59 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 17:32 Pisces
- 17:32 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:03 Taurus
- 21:03 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:38 next day Cancer
- 01:38 – 03:56 next day Leo
- 03:56 – 06:12 next day Virgo
- 06:12 – 06:24 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