Chandigarh panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 06:03 Vaishakha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:36
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:51 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:36
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. 04:25 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:36 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 05:52 next day Aries
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