Puri panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 16:25 Margashirsha month
Puri, Odisha, India · 19.80°, 85.82° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:07
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:07
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 06:19 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