Meerut panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 10:09 Pausha month
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India · 28.98°, 77.71° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:33
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:24 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 07:09 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. 05:19 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
- 06:48 – 07:09 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