Chandigarh panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 13:54 Margashirsha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:23
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:23 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 07:17 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. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 07:17 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