Meerut panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 07:26 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:30
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:21 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 05:14 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
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