Chandigarh panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 04:54 Phalguna month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:01 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:06
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:30 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:06
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. 04:56 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Char | 14:01 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:00 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:31 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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:07 Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:32 Aquarius
- 06:32 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:19 Leo
- 18:19 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:19 next day Scorpio
- 01:19 – 03:22 next day Sagittarius
- 03:22 – 05:03 next day Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:28 next day Aquarius
- 06:28 – 06:31 next day Pisces
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