Choghadiya Calculator

There are 7 named muhurats that cycle in the order Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh, Rog. Amrit ("nectar") is highly auspicious — good for any beginning. Shubh and Labh are auspicious for ceremonies and gain-related activities respectively. Char is neutral, associated with movement and travel. Udveg (anxiety), Rog (illness), and Kaal (death) are inauspicious and traditionally avoided for new ventures, ceremonies, or important meetings.

Select your city (or enter custom latitude/longitude), pick the date, and the calculator shows all 8 day muhurats from sunrise to sunset and all 8 night muhurats from sunset to next sunrise. The auspicious slots (Amrit, Shubh, Labh — shown in indigo and emerald) are your best windows; avoid the amber-coloured slots (Udveg, Rog, Kaal). If you load the page during the daytime, the panel highlights which muhurat is active right now.

The sequence of muhurat names is identical everywhere on a given weekday — it depends only on the day of the week, not on the city. However, the start and end times of each muhurat shift with sunrise. Mumbai sunrise is later than Kolkata sunrise by roughly an hour, so Mumbai's first day-muhurat starts roughly an hour later. The duration of each muhurat is also longer in summer (longer days) and shorter in winter. The calculator handles this automatically using accurate sunrise/sunset.

The Day Choghadiya covers the 8 muhurats from sunrise to sunset, and the Night Choghadiya covers the 8 muhurats from sunset to the next day's sunrise. The first day-muhurat starts at sunrise; the first night-muhurat starts at sunset. The night cycle uses a different starting position than the day cycle on the same weekday — the offset is exactly 5 steps forward in the 7-name cycle. For example, Monday day starts with Amrit and Monday night starts with Char.