Meerut panchang, 6 January 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 01:58 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 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 14:59
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:34 to 07:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:42 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 21:23
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:07 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 02:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:07 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:32 – 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 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 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