{"id":190,"date":"2026-11-02T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:34:55","slug":"choghadiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/choghadiya\/","title":{"rendered":"Choghadiya Today: Find Your Best Time, Full Day and Night Tables, and 2 Rahu Kaal Traps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choghadiya is a simple muhurta system that divides the time from sunrise to sunset into eight parts and the time from sunset to the next sunrise into another eight. Each part is ruled by one of seven planets and is named Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Kaal or Rog. Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for starting work, Char is good for travel, and Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided. It is widely used in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, and by traders across India, because it needs nothing more than the local sunrise and sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide explains what each choghadiya means, gives the full day and night order for every weekday, shows how to calculate it for your own city, and points out a detail most choghadiya charts leave out: on some weekdays a &#8220;good&#8221; choghadiya falls exactly inside Rahu Kaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#seven-choghadiyas\">The seven choghadiyas and what they mean<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#day-table\">Day choghadiya table for every weekday<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#night-table\">Night choghadiya table<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#how-to-calculate\">How to calculate choghadiya yourself<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#rahu-kaal-overlap\">The Rahu Kaal overlap<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#when-to-use\">When to use choghadiya and when not to<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"seven-choghadiyas\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The seven choghadiyas and what they mean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name comes from chau, four, and ghadi, the old Indian unit of 24 minutes. Four ghadis make 96 minutes, which is the length of a choghadiya on the equinoxes. On other days the eight day choghadiyas and the eight night choghadiyas are longer or shorter, because day and night are of unequal length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Choghadiya<\/th><th>Ruling planet<\/th><th>Nature<\/th><th>Traditionally used for<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Moon<\/td><td>Best<\/td><td>All good work: puja, purchases, starting a business, travel, ceremonies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Jupiter<\/td><td>Good<\/td><td>Marriage-related work, religious ceremonies, education, signing agreements<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Labh<\/td><td>Mercury<\/td><td>Gain<\/td><td>Business, trade, opening accounts, learning a new skill<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Char<\/td><td>Venus<\/td><td>Neutral, moving<\/td><td>Travel, vehicles, shifting, anything that involves movement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Sun<\/td><td>Unfavourable<\/td><td>Avoided in general; tolerated for government-related work<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Saturn<\/td><td>Inauspicious<\/td><td>Avoided for new beginnings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rog<\/td><td>Mars<\/td><td>Inauspicious<\/td><td>Avoided for new beginnings, especially health and travel<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planets follow the natural benefic and malefic logic of Jyotish. The Moon, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus are benefics, so their periods are good. The Sun, Saturn and Mars are malefics, so theirs are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"day-table\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day choghadiya table for every weekday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first choghadiya after sunrise belongs to the lord of the weekday. Sunday starts with the Sun&#8217;s Udveg, Monday with the Moon&#8217;s Amrit, and so on. After that the order is fixed: Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh, Rog, repeating. The eighth choghadiya of the day is always the same as the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Sun<\/th><th>Mon<\/th><th>Tue<\/th><th>Wed<\/th><th>Thu<\/th><th>Fri<\/th><th>Sat<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"night-table\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Night choghadiya table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At night the order changes to Shubh, Amrit, Char, Rog, Kaal, Labh, Udveg. The first night choghadiya belongs to the lord of the fifth weekday counted from the day itself: Sunday night starts with Thursday&#8217;s Shubh, Monday night with Friday&#8217;s Char, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Sun<\/th><th>Mon<\/th><th>Tue<\/th><th>Wed<\/th><th>Thu<\/th><th>Fri<\/th><th>Sat<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember that in the Hindu calendar the night belongs to the day before it. The &#8220;Monday night&#8221; choghadiyas run from Monday&#8217;s sunset to Tuesday&#8217;s sunrise, even after the clock has passed midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-calculate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to calculate choghadiya yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find today&#8217;s sunrise and sunset, and tomorrow&#8217;s sunrise, for your city. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/daily-panchang\">daily Panchang<\/a> gives all three.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Day length = sunset minus sunrise. Divide it by 8 to get one day choghadiya.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Night length = next sunrise minus sunset. Divide it by 8 to get one night choghadiya.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Count forward from sunrise and from sunset, and label each part from the tables above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a worked example for New Delhi on Monday, 2 November 2026. Sunrise is at 6:33 AM and sunset at 5:36 PM, so the day lasts about 11 hours and each day choghadiya is 83 minutes. The night lasts about 13 hours until sunrise at 6:34 AM, so each night choghadiya is 97 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Day<\/th><th>Time<\/th><th>Night<\/th><th>Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Amrit<\/td><td>6:33 AM to 7:56 AM<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>5:36 PM to 7:13 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kaal<\/td><td>7:56 AM to 9:19 AM<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td>7:13 PM to 8:50 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shubh<\/td><td>9:19 AM to 10:42 AM<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>8:50 PM to 10:28 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rog<\/td><td>10:42 AM to 12:05 PM<\/td><td>Labh<\/td><td>10:28 PM to 12:05 AM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Udveg<\/td><td>12:05 PM to 1:27 PM<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>12:05 AM to 1:42 AM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Char<\/td><td>1:27 PM to 2:50 PM<\/td><td>Shubh<\/td><td>1:42 AM to 3:20 AM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Labh<\/td><td>2:50 PM to 4:13 PM<\/td><td>Amrit<\/td><td>3:20 AM to 4:57 AM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amrit<\/td><td>4:13 PM to 5:36 PM<\/td><td>Char<\/td><td>4:57 AM to 6:34 AM<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Choghadiya for New Delhi, Monday 2 November 2026, calculated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.com\/swisseph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swiss Ephemeris<\/a>. Night times after midnight belong to Tuesday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A choghadiya is not a fixed 90 minutes. In Delhi a day choghadiya is about 77 minutes in late December and about 105 minutes in late June, and the night ones change the other way. Using one fixed chart for the whole year can put you in the wrong period by half an hour or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rahu-kaal-overlap\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Rahu Kaal overlap most charts miss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahu Kaal is also one eighth of the daytime, and it is counted from sunrise in exactly the same way. That means Rahu Kaal always coincides with one complete day choghadiya. On most days that choghadiya is already a bad one, but on two weekdays it is a good one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Weekday<\/th><th>Rahu Kaal falls in<\/th><th>Choghadiya at that time<\/th><th>Yamaganda falls in<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Sunday<\/td><td>8th part<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monday<\/td><td>2nd part<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesday<\/td><td>7th part<\/td><td><strong>Shubh<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Char<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wednesday<\/td><td>5th part<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td><strong>Amrit<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday<\/td><td>6th part<\/td><td><strong>Amrit<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Shubh<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Friday<\/td><td>4th part<\/td><td>Kaal<\/td><td>Udveg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday<\/td><td>3rd part<\/td><td>Rog<\/td><td><strong>Labh<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the Shubh choghadiya on Tuesday afternoon and the Amrit choghadiya on Thursday afternoon are both inside Rahu Kaal. Yamaganda, another eighth-of-the-day period that many panchangs avoid, covers Wednesday&#8217;s morning Amrit, Thursday&#8217;s first Shubh and Saturday&#8217;s Labh. Across a whole week, 32 of the 56 day choghadiyas are of a good type, but only 26 of them are free of both Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is why careful families check Rahu Kaal alongside the choghadiya. You can see it for your city with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/rahu-kalam\">Rahu Kalam calculator<\/a>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/bhai-dooj-2026\/\">Bhai Dooj 2026<\/a> guide shows a real example, where the afternoon tilak window starts inside Wednesday&#8217;s Rahu Kaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"when-to-use\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to use choghadiya and when not to<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choghadiya is a quick tool for everyday decisions: when to leave on a journey, open the shop, sign a document, pay a deposit or buy something. It is especially popular for festival business rituals. On Diwali, Gujarati traders choose a good evening choghadiya for Chopda Pujan, as shown in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/diwali-2026-lakshmi-puja-muhurat\/\">Diwali 2026 muhurat<\/a> guide, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/dhanteras-2026\/\">Dhanteras<\/a> many buyers time their gold purchase the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For bigger events it is not enough on its own. Weddings, griha pravesh, mundan, naming ceremonies and the start of construction need a full muhurta: the right tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana, a suitable rising sign, and a check against both people&#8217;s charts. Choghadiya can help choose the hour inside a good day, but it cannot make a bad day good. For spiritual practice before dawn, look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/brahma-muhurta\/\">Brahma Muhurta<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are planning something that matters, such as a business launch or a property purchase, your own chart decides more than any hour of the day. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/free-kundli\">free Kundli<\/a> shows your running dasha, and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/premium-reports\">premium reports<\/a> point out the favourable periods in the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"faq\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which choghadiya is best?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amrit is considered the best for any activity, followed by Shubh and Labh. Char is good for travel. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for new beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long is one choghadiya?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One eighth of the day or of the night. It is 96 minutes only when day and night are equal. In North India a day choghadiya ranges from about 77 minutes in winter to about 105 minutes in summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is choghadiya the same in every city?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order is the same everywhere, but the clock times change with local sunrise and sunset. Kolkata&#8217;s choghadiyas begin nearly an hour earlier than Mumbai&#8217;s on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I travel in Char choghadiya?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. Char, ruled by Venus, means &#8220;moving&#8221; and is traditionally the choghadiya for travel and anything involving vehicles. Avoid it if it falls inside Rahu Kaal or Yamaganda, as on Tuesday morning&#8217;s third slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the difference between choghadiya and hora?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hora divides the day and night into 12 parts each, one for each planet in turn, while choghadiya uses 8 parts. Both are quick electional tools. Choghadiya is more common in western India and hora in South India and among astrologers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>How this guide was prepared: the day and night sequences follow the standard choghadiya tables used in Gujarati and North Indian panchangs. The Delhi example and the seasonal lengths were calculated by Nakshatra Finder with the Swiss Ephemeris. The Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda overlaps follow from the standard weekday positions of those periods.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choghadiya splits the day and the night into eight parts each, ruled by seven planets. Learn what Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Kaal and Rog mean, see the full day and night tables for every weekday, calculate it yourself, and avoid the good choghadiyas that fall inside Rahu Kaal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[81,78,79,82],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vedic-astrology-basics","tag-choghadiya","tag-muhurta","tag-panchang","tag-rahu-kaal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nakshatrafinder.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}