Meerut panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 20:25 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:32
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 07:08 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