Meerut panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 17:40 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:36
Night
17:27 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:36
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. 05:22 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 07:12 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