Chandigarh panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 09:22 Shravana month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 19:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam 15:45 – 17:24
- Durmuhurta 17:17 – 18:10
- Rahu Kalam 17:24 – 19:03
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:03 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:17 – 18:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:24 – 19:03
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:24 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:24 – 21:45 | Good |
| Char | 21:45 – 23:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:06 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:27 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:18 Leo
- 08:18 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:58 Libra
- 12:58 – 15:17 Scorpio
- 15:17 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:01 Capricorn
- 19:01 – 20:27 Aquarius
- 20:27 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:51 next day Cancer
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