Chandigarh panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 07:28 Phalguna month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:00
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:00
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. 05:19 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:49 Capricorn
- 06:49 – 08:14 Aquarius
- 08:14 – 09:37 Pisces
- 09:37 – 11:10 Aries
- 11:10 – 13:05 Taurus
- 13:05 – 15:20 Gemini
- 15:20 – 17:42 Cancer
- 17:42 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:20 Virgo
- 22:20 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 06:45 next day Capricorn
- 06:45 – 07:01 next day Aquarius
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