Vancouver panchang, 16 December 2026

Wednesday, 16 December 2026

Sunrise 09:03 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 13:00 Margashirsha month

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 49.25°, -123.12° · America/Vancouver (UTC-07:00)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

09:03 to 17:12
  1. Labh
  2. Amrit
  3. Kaal
  4. Shubh
  5. Rog
  6. Udveg
  7. Char
  8. Labh
  • Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:05
  • Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:08
  • Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:24
  • Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:24 Not used on Wednesdays
  • Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:09
  • 10:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
  • 10:16 Karana becomes Vishti

Night

17:12 to 09:04 next day
  1. Udveg
  2. Shubh
  3. Amrit
  4. Char
  5. Rog
  6. Kaal
  7. Labh
  8. Udveg
  • Pradosha 17:12 – 20:23
  • Brahma Muhurta 06:57 – 08:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 20:43 Moon enters Pisces
  • 22:42 Karana becomes Bava
  • 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
  • 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:16
  • Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:00 next day · lord Jupiter
  • Yoga Siddhi until 00:51 next day
  • Karana Vanija until 10:16, then Vishti
  • Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
  • Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
  • 10:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
  • 10:16 Karana becomes Vishti
  • 20:43 Moon enters Pisces
  • 22:42 Karana becomes Bava
  • 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
  • 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Labh 09:03 –⁠ 10:04 Good
Amrit 10:04 –⁠ 11:05 Good
Kaal 11:05 –⁠ 12:07 Bad
Shubh 12:07 –⁠ 13:08 Good
Rog 13:08 –⁠ 14:09 Bad
Udveg 14:09 –⁠ 15:10 Bad
Char 15:10 –⁠ 16:11 Neutral
Labh 16:11 –⁠ 17:12 Good
Night
Udveg 17:12 –⁠ 19:11 Bad
Shubh 19:11 –⁠ 21:10 Good
Amrit 21:10 –⁠ 23:09 Good
Char 23:09 –⁠ 01:08 next day Neutral
Rog 01:08 –⁠ 03:07 next day Bad
Kaal 03:07 –⁠ 05:06 next day Bad
Labh 05:06 –⁠ 07:05 next day Good
Udveg 07:05 –⁠ 09:04 next day Bad

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 09:03 NowMercury
  2. 09:44 NowMoon
  3. 10:25 NowSaturn
  4. 11:05 NowJupiter
  5. 11:46 NowMars
  6. 12:27 NowSun
  7. 13:08 NowVenus
  8. 13:48 NowMercury
  9. 14:29 NowMoon
  10. 15:10 NowSaturn
  11. 15:51 NowJupiter
  12. 16:32 NowMars
  1. 17:12 NowSun
  2. 18:32 NowVenus
  3. 19:51 NowMercury
  4. 21:10 NowMoon
  5. 22:29 NowSaturn
  6. 23:49 NowJupiter
  7. Next day
  8. 01:08 NowMars
  9. 02:27 NowSun
  10. 03:47 NowVenus
  11. 05:06 NowMercury
  12. 06:25 NowMoon
  13. 07:45 NowSaturn
  1. 09:03 NowMercury
  2. 10:03 NowMoon
  3. 11:03 NowSaturn
  4. 12:03 NowJupiter
  5. 13:03 NowMars
  6. 14:03 NowSun
  7. 15:03 NowVenus
  8. 16:03 NowMercury
  9. 17:03 NowMoon
  1. 18:03 NowSaturn
  2. 19:03 NowJupiter
  3. 20:03 NowMars
  4. 21:03 NowSun
  5. 22:03 NowVenus
  6. 23:03 NowMercury
  7. Next day
  8. 00:03 NowMoon
  9. 01:03 NowSaturn
  10. 02:03 NowJupiter
  11. 03:03 NowMars
  12. 04:03 NowSun
  13. 05:03 NowVenus
  14. 06:03 NowMercury
  15. 07:03 NowMoon
  16. 08:03 NowSaturn

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 06:56 –⁠ 09:06 Scorpio
  2. 09:06 –⁠ 11:02 Sagittarius
  3. 11:02 –⁠ 12:21 Capricorn
  4. 12:21 –⁠ 13:20 Aquarius
  5. 13:20 –⁠ 14:15 Pisces
  6. 14:15 –⁠ 15:24 Aries
  7. 15:24 –⁠ 17:04 Taurus
  8. 17:04 –⁠ 19:26 Gemini
  9. 19:26 –⁠ 22:10 Cancer
  10. 22:10 –⁠ 00:56 next day Leo
  11. 00:56 –⁠ 03:42 next day Virgo
  12. 03:42 –⁠ 06:28 next day Libra
  13. 06:28 –⁠ 09:02 next day Scorpio
  14. 09:02 –⁠ 09:04 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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method