Meerut panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 14:26 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:44 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 14:51
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:25 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Vishti until 07:12, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:51
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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:44 | Good |
| Rog | 09:44 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 07:10 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