Choghadiya divides daylight into eight parts and night into eight, each carrying a name and a quality. Three are auspicious, three are not, and two sit between. It is the timing system most used in western and northern India for ordinary decisions — when to leave on a journey, when to make a purchase, when to begin something small.
Eight periods, not eight hours. Daylight is divided into eight and night into eight separately, so each period runs about ninety minutes at the equinox and stretches or shrinks with the season. Everything below is calculated from your local sunrise. How it is derived →
Coimbatore · Tuesday 11 August 2026 · sunrise 6:15 AM
Read as illness and conflict. Used only for litigation, competition, or confronting an adversary.
The Tuesday day and night sequences were calculated separately from local sunrise and sunset. A favourable Choghadiya can refine an ordinary choice within the day, but it does not make an unsuitable tithi or Rahu Kalam suitable.
Take care: The day's Rahu Kalam is 3:33 PM–5:06 PM; do not treat a preferred slot that overlaps it as an override.
The reading is derived from the selected city's calculated schedule. It is not a personal prediction and does not replace a purpose-specific muhurta.
Every period is shown with its date-specific time and traditional use, so the result can be reviewed without relying on the live card alone.
| Period | Day / night | Time | Calculated guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rog | Day | 6:15 AM – 7:48 AM | Illness & conflict · avoid Read as illness and conflict. Used only for litigation, competition, or confronting an adversary. |
| Udveg | Day | 7:48 AM – 9:21 AM | Anxiety · government work only Anxiety and unrest. The one exception is government and official work, for which it is used deliberately. |
| Char | Day | 9:21 AM – 10:54 AM | Movement · travel Movement above all — travel, and matters that need to keep moving rather than settle. |
| Labh | Day | 10:54 AM – 12:27 PM | Gain · business & study Beginning education, starting a business, and undertakings meant to produce profit. |
| Amrit | Day | 12:27 PM – 2:00 PM | Best of all · anything auspicious The best of the eight. Suitable for anything — ceremonies, journeys, purchases, beginnings of every kind. |
| Kaal | Day | 2:00 PM – 3:33 PM | Avoid beginnings Nothing begun. Some traditions permit accumulation — saving, storing, collecting what is owed. |
| Shubh | Day | 3:33 PM – 5:06 PM | Auspicious · marriage & ceremony Marriage, religious ceremonies, approaching elders, anything requiring blessing. |
| Rog | Day | 5:06 PM – 6:39 PM | Illness & conflict · avoid Read as illness and conflict. Used only for litigation, competition, or confronting an adversary. |
| Kaal | Night | 6:39 PM – 8:06 PM | Avoid beginnings Nothing begun. Some traditions permit accumulation — saving, storing, collecting what is owed. |
| Labh | Night | 8:06 PM – 9:33 PM | Gain · business & study Beginning education, starting a business, and undertakings meant to produce profit. |
| Udveg | Night | 9:33 PM – 11:00 PM | Anxiety · government work only Anxiety and unrest. The one exception is government and official work, for which it is used deliberately. |
| Shubh | Night | 11:00 PM – 12:27 AM | Auspicious · marriage & ceremony Marriage, religious ceremonies, approaching elders, anything requiring blessing. |
| Amrit | Night | 12:27 AM – 1:54 AM | Best of all · anything auspicious The best of the eight. Suitable for anything — ceremonies, journeys, purchases, beginnings of every kind. |
| Char | Night | 1:54 AM – 3:21 AM | Movement · travel Movement above all — travel, and matters that need to keep moving rather than settle. |
| Rog | Night | 3:21 AM – 4:48 AM | Illness & conflict · avoid Read as illness and conflict. Used only for litigation, competition, or confronting an adversary. |
| Kaal | Night | 4:48 AM – 6:15 AM | Avoid beginnings Nothing begun. Some traditions permit accumulation — saving, storing, collecting what is owed. |
Seven names, each ruled by a graha, with Udveg appearing twice across a full day and night. Three are auspicious, three inauspicious, and Char sits between.
| Choghadiya | Ruled by | Quality | Traditionally used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amrit | Chandra — Moon | Auspicious | The best of the eight. Suitable for anything — ceremonies, journeys, purchases, beginnings of every kind |
| Shubh | Guru — Jupiter | Auspicious | Marriage, religious ceremonies, approaching elders, anything requiring blessing |
| Labh | Budha — Mercury | Auspicious | Beginning education, starting a business, and undertakings meant to produce profit |
| Char | Shukra — Venus | Neutral | Movement above all — travel, and matters that need to keep moving rather than settle |
| Rog | Mangal — Mars | Avoid | Read as illness and conflict. Used only for litigation, competition, or confronting an adversary |
| Kaal | Shani — Saturn | Avoid | Nothing begun. Some traditions permit accumulation — saving, storing, collecting what is owed |
| Udveg | Surya — Sun | Avoid | Anxiety and unrest. The one exception is government and official work, for which it is used deliberately |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are what people look for. Between them they cover roughly three of the eight periods, so a favourable window is rarely more than a couple of hours away — which is the whole practical point of the system. Char is used for travel specifically, and the remaining three are avoided for beginnings rather than for existence.
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The first choghadiya after sunrise is fixed by the day: Udveg on Sunday, Amrit on Monday, Rog on Tuesday, Labh on Wednesday, Shubh on Thursday, Char on Friday, Kaal on Saturday. The remaining seven follow in a fixed cycle from there.
The night sequence starts differently again, which is why a night table cannot simply be read off the day one.
For journeys specifically, the reading changes. Char — neutral for most purposes — becomes the preferred period, since its nature is movement. Amrit, Shubh and Labh remain suitable, and Rog, Kaal and Udveg are still avoided.
This is why some tables show Char highlighted and others do not. Both are correct; they are answering different questions.
Alongside the hora rather than above or below it. Choghadiya is used more in the west and north, hora more widely, and both narrow within a day the panchang has already judged.
Neither overrides Rahu Kalam or an unsuitable tithi. Judge the day first →
Day sequence begins at sunrise, night sequence at sunset. Both cycle through the same eight in fixed order from their starting point.
| Weekday | First at sunrise | First at sunset | Ruled by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Udveg | Shubh | Surya |
| Monday | Amrit | Char | Chandra |
| Tuesday | Rog | Kaal | Mangal |
| Wednesday | Labh | Udveg | Budha |
| Thursday | Shubh | Amrit | Guru |
| Friday | Char | Rog | Shukra |
| Saturday | Kaal | Labh | Shani |
Notice that the day and night sequences do not match. Thursday opens with Shubh at sunrise and Amrit at sunset — both auspicious — while Tuesday opens with Rog and then Kaal. This is why the night table has to be calculated separately, and why any tool showing a single eight-period list for a whole day is incomplete.
It is for ordinary decisions, and it is genuinely useful for them. When to set out on a journey, when to make a purchase, when to send something that matters — a favourable window is usually within a couple of hours, and nothing more than the date and your city is needed to find it. That is what the system was built for.
It is not for anything of consequence. A marriage, a housewarming, a business inauguration or a ritual is timed from the panchang, from the excluded months, and from the charts of the people involved. A Shubh choghadiya does not make an otherwise unsuitable day suitable, and it does not clear Rahu Kalam.
And Rog, Kaal and Udveg are not hours of danger. They are periods in which one does not begin — and each has a use of its own: Rog for confronting an adversary, Kaal for accumulation, Udveg for official work. Reading them as times to hide from misunderstands a system that is essentially practical.
A hora narrows within a day. These judge the day itself, or narrow it differently.
The name is literal. A ghadi is an old Indian unit of about twenty-four minutes, and choghadiya means four of them — roughly ninety-six minutes, which is an eighth of a twelve-hour day. The system divides daylight and night into eight such parts each and assigns every one a name and a quality.
What distinguishes it from the more elaborate parts of muhurta shastra is how little it asks. No birth chart, no astrologer, no calculation beyond sunrise and sunset. A merchant deciding when to open, a family choosing when to set out, someone posting a letter that matters — all could consult it themselves, and did. It is used most in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where it remains part of ordinary daily practice rather than something reserved for occasions.
That modesty is also its limit. Choghadiya answers when within a day, and nothing more. Which day, and whether the day suits the people involved, are separate questions the tradition answers separately.
For anything that matters — a marriage, a housewarming, an inauguration, a ritual — the timing is calculated from the panchang and from the charts of the people involved, not from a period of the day. Our astrologers do that individually, and the fee is credited in full against any ritual you book.