Meerut panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 13:05 Ashwin month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:45
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:45 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:45
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:48 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:29 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:20 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:45 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:48 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:23 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:06 Sagittarius
- 13:06 – 14:48 Capricorn
- 14:48 – 16:15 Aquarius
- 16:15 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:10 Taurus
- 21:10 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 06:19 next day Virgo
- 06:19 – 06:23 next day Libra
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