Chandigarh panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:51 Margashirsha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:34
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:22 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 05:23 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:15 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 07:14 next day Scorpio
- 07:14 – 07:15 next day Sagittarius
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