Meerut panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:32 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:40
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:32 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 07:14 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