Port Louis panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 07:53 Magha month
Port Louis, Mauritius · -20.16°, 57.50° · Indian/Mauritius (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:59
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:54 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:31 – 17:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:47 – 12:28
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. 04:20 – 05:04
- 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 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:28 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:38 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:33 Capricorn
- 07:33 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:03 next day Libra
- 01:03 – 03:03 next day Scorpio
- 03:03 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 05:48 next day Capricorn
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 Indian/Mauritius (UTC+4) · Method