Meerut panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 09:28 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:05
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:22 to 07:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38 next day
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. 05:16 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:22 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 07:06 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