Chandigarh panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 05:30 Pausha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:25
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:43 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:21 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:30 next day Virgo
- 00:30 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:14 next day Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 07:21 next day Capricorn
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