Meerut panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:46 Margashirsha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:31
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:22 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 05:16 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:06 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:07 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