Meerut panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:59 Pausha 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 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:44
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:44 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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. 05:26 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:33 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:10 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 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 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 07:14 next day Capricorn
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