Meerut panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:52 Phalguna month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:57
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:28 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:36 – 06:25 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. 04:50 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 04:53 Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:45 Libra
- 22:45 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 04:49 next day Capricorn
- 04:49 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:25 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