Meerut panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 00:08 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 17:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:29
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:29
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 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