Chandigarh panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 07:07 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 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 12:33 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:45
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:45 to 07:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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) 12:12 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:57 – 11:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:15 – 12:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:33 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:51 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:51 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:33 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:21 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 08:51 Capricorn
- 08:51 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:06 next day Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 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