Choghadiya

Eight windows by day and eight by night. They are divided from the real sunrise and sunset at your place, so they move with the season and not with the clock.

Sunrise

06:06

Sunset

18:16

Each day window

91 min

Daytime

Sunrise to sunset, in eight parts

AmritFavourable06:06 – 07:37

KaalAvoided07:37 – 09:08

ShubhFavourable09:08 – 10:40

RogAvoided10:40 – 12:11

UdvegAvoided12:11 – 13:42

ChalNeutral13:42 – 15:13

LabhFavourable15:13 – 16:45

AmritFavourable16:45 – 18:16

Night

Sunset to the next sunrise, in eight parts

ChalNeutral18:16 – 19:45

RogAvoided19:45 – 21:14

KaalAvoided21:14 – 22:42

LabhFavourable22:42 – 00:11

UdvegAvoided00:11 – 01:40

ShubhFavourable01:40 – 03:09

AmritFavourable03:09 – 04:38

ChalNeutral04:38 – 06:06

See the full panchang for this day

Same date and place — tithi, nakshatra, Rahu Kaal and the rest of the almanac.

Panchang

Why the windows are not 90 minutes

Daylight and night are divided into eight each, but separately. Away from the equinox the two spans are different lengths. So a day Choghadiya and a night Choghadiya on the same date rarely last the same time. Dividing by sunrise instead of by the clock is the whole point of the system. It is also why the answer changes when you change the city.

Good, neutral, avoid

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are traditionally counted favourable. Chal is neutral. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are the ones people schedule around. Those labels are convention, fixed by the weekday. They are not read from the sky. The division itself is exact. The naming is inherited.

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