Chandigarh panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:47 Margashirsha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:07
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:23 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:07
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:16 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. 05:24 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:16 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