Vancouver panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 07:08 Phalguna month
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 19:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:50
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:21 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:23
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 15:31
- Karana Naga until 18:23, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:06 – 18:05
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. 05:44 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:18 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:13 Pisces
- 08:13 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 21:39 Virgo
- 21:39 – 00:25 next day Libra
- 00:25 – 02:59 next day Scorpio
- 02:59 – 04:56 next day Sagittarius
- 04:56 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:13 next day Aquarius
- 07:13 – 07:18 next day Pisces
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method