Chandigarh panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 13:14 Ashwin month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:47
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:53 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:22 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:28 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 08:50 Libra
- 08:50 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:13 Sagittarius
- 13:13 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 16:19 Aquarius
- 16:19 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 19:15 Aries
- 19:15 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 04:06 next day Leo
- 04:06 – 06:25 next day Virgo
- 06:25 – 06:28 next day Libra
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