Chandigarh panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 05:56 Phalguna month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 14:01
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:31 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:29 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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:31 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 04:59 Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:24 Aquarius
- 06:24 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 18:11 Leo
- 18:11 – 20:30 Virgo
- 20:30 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:20 next day Aquarius
- 06:20 – 06:29 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