Port Louis panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:02 Chaitra month
Port Louis, Mauritius · -20.16°, 57.50° · Indian/Mauritius (UTC+04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:29
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:32 Moon enters Aries
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:56 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:15 next day
- Karana Naga until 15:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:32 Moon enters Aries
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
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) 09:07 – 05:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:51 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:29
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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:25
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:22 – 10:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 10:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:32 – 06:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:51 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:25 Libra
- 19:25 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 06:08 next day Pisces
- 06:08 – 06:22 next day Aries
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