Meerut panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:25 Ashwin month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:29
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:44 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:21 Virgo
- 06:21 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 14:46 Capricorn
- 14:46 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:12 Aries
- 19:12 – 21:08 Taurus
- 21:08 – 23:23 Gemini
- 23:23 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 06:17 next day Virgo
- 06:17 – 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