Vancouver panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 20:51 Moonrise 06:23 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 20:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:46
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
20:51 to 05:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:51 – 22:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:33, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:46
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 07:18 next day
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. 04:17 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:51 – 22:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:26 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:11 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 21:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:56 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:00 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:08 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:21 Aries
- 05:21 – 07:02 Taurus
- 07:02 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:17 next day Aries
- 05:17 – 05:25 next day Taurus
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