Meerut panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 09:18 Shravana month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 15:40 – 17:18
- Durmuhurta 17:12 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:18 – 18:57
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:57 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:12 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:18 – 18:57
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:22 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:49 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:01 – 15:40 | Good |
| Rog | 15:40 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:40 | Good |
| Char | 21:40 – 23:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:02 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 12:51 Libra
- 12:51 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:49 next day Cancer
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