Meerut panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 14:13 Phalguna month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:57
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:29 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:48 – 05:36
- 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 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 00:53 next day Scorpio
- 00:53 – 02:57 next day Sagittarius
- 02:57 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:06 next day Aquarius
- 06:06 – 06:22 next day Pisces
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