What is Choghadiya?
Choghadiya is one of the simplest and most popular muhurat systems in Vedic astrology — a way of dividing the day and night into eight slots each, so you can quickly find a good time for any task. Each slot, or choghadiya, is ruled by a planet and carries a quality: the three auspicious ones are Amrit, Shubh and Labh, ideal for important work; the three to avoid are Rog, Kaal and Udveg; and Char (neutral) is fine for travel and ordinary tasks. The day slots run from sunrise to sunset, and the night slots from sunset to the next sunrise, each lasting about an hour and a half. Because it needs no birth chart — only the date and place — Choghadiya is used daily by millions to time journeys, purchases, meetings and small ceremonies. This free calculator shows today’s complete Choghadiya for your location, marking the good and bad slots with exact times, instantly and at no cost.
How It Works
Enter the date and place
Choose today or any date, and your location for accurate slot times.
We split day and night
We divide sunrise-to-sunset and sunset-to-sunrise into eight slots each.
Read your Choghadiya
See the good (Amrit, Shubh, Labh) and bad (Rog, Kaal, Udveg) slots with times.
What You Get
Day Choghadiya
Eight slots from sunrise to sunset.
Night Choghadiya
Eight slots from sunset to sunrise.
Auspicious Slots
Amrit, Shubh and Labh for good work.
Slots to Avoid
Rog, Kaal and Udveg.
Exact Times
Precise timing for each slot.
Any Date
Today or any day you choose.
Why Choghadiya Is the People’s Muhurat
Not everyone has time to cast a detailed muhurat, and this is exactly why Choghadiya has become the most widely used timing tool in everyday Hindu life. It is beautifully simple: the day and night are each cut into eight slots, and each slot is either good, neutral or best avoided. You do not need your birth chart, only the date and your location. This makes it perfect for the countless small decisions of daily life — when to start a journey, sign a paper, make a purchase or hold a small ceremony. A quick glance tells you whether the coming hour is Amrit or Shubh, and worth acting in, or Rog or Kaal, and worth waiting out. For millions, checking the Choghadiya is as routine as checking the weather.
The Eight Choghadiya Qualities
Amrit
Nectar — the most auspicious slot.
Shubh
Auspicious — excellent for important work.
Labh
Gain — good for profit and business.
Char
Moving — neutral, good for travel.
Rog, Kaal, Udveg
Illness, death, anxiety — slots to avoid.
Day and Night Choghadiya
Day slots
Eight slots from sunrise to sunset.
Night slots
Eight slots from sunset to next sunrise.
Ruling planets
Each slot is ruled by a planet in a fixed order.
Varying length
Slot length changes with day and night duration.
Using Choghadiya With Other Tools
Choghadiya is powerful on its own, but it becomes even more reliable when paired with the other timing tools. Start with the Choghadiya to find a broadly good slot — an Amrit, Shubh or Labh window. Then cross-check it against the Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda, avoiding any overlap with those inauspicious periods. For finer tuning, the Hora tells you which planet rules each hour, so you can match the task to the planet — Jupiter’s hora for finance, Venus’s for relationships. And for a truly important act, the midday Abhijit Muhurat is a near-universal safe window. Layered this way, the simple Choghadiya becomes part of a complete, dependable system for timing the events of your day.
Inside Your 40+ Page Report
- The full day Choghadiya (sunrise to sunset)
- The full night Choghadiya (sunset to sunrise)
- The auspicious Amrit, Shubh and Labh slots
- The inauspicious Rog, Kaal and Udveg slots
- The neutral Char slots for travel
- The exact start and end time of each slot
- How many good slots the day has
- A complete free Choghadiya for any date
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Day and night both
We give the complete Choghadiya for the full 24 hours, not just the day.
Location-accurate
Slot times are built on your exact sunrise and sunset.
Authentic method
Computed the traditional way, so it matches the panchang Choghadiya.
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