Chandigarh panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 13:19 Shravana month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 14:04 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:21
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:59 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 04:26 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:26 – 14:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:04 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:20 – 21:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:42 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:04 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:26 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:53 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 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:21 Virgo
- 10:21 – 12:42 Libra
- 12:42 – 15:02 Scorpio
- 15:02 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 18:46 Capricorn
- 18:46 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:07 Aries
- 23:07 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:38 next day Cancer
- 05:38 – 05:53 next day Leo
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