Meerut panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 10:19 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:06 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:40 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:48
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:22 to 07:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:46 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:48
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 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:06 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:06 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:23 – 09:40 | Good |
| Rog | 09:40 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:22 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:40 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:07 next day | Good |
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
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:07 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