Meerut panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 12:45 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:33
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:24 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:33
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 07:09 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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:09 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