Vadodara panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 06:31 Vaishakha month
Vadodara, Gujarat, India · 22.30°, 73.21° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:47
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:47
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. 04:45 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Char | 12:36 – 14:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:11 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:46 – 23:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:11 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:36 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:15 next day | Good |
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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:15 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 IST (UTC+5:30) · Method