Chandigarh panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 01:44 Pausha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:36
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:39 to 07:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 05:32 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:22 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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:22 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