Chandigarh panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:56 Magha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:52
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:52
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:20 – 13:58
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 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:51 Leo
- 21:51 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:55 next day Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 07:20 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