Meerut panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 11:40 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:20
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:20
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. 05:17 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:07 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:41 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:23 | Good |
| Char | 17:23 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 07:08 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
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