Chandigarh panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 04:35 Vaishakha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 19:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:44
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:10 to 05:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:44
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. 04:06 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:44 – 17:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:27 – 19:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:10 – 20:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:27 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:44 – 23:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:01 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:28 Aries
- 05:28 – 07:23 Taurus
- 07:23 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 02:28 next day Aquarius
- 02:28 – 03:51 next day Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:24 next day Aries
- 05:24 – 05:28 next day Taurus
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