Chandigarh panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 14:37 Margashirsha month
Chandigarh, India · 30.74°, 76.79° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:22
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:24 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:22
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 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