Best to do right now
Lābha — act now
Lābha · 08:44 – 10:27 IST
Mercury-ruled Lābha is open now. Best uses:
- Signing contracts and agreements
- Financial investments
- Commerce and business dealings
- Opening new accounts
पञ्चाङ्ग·Today's Almanac · Live
Panchang Today — is the sky open?
One verdict, computed live for your city. We read the five limbs of time so you don't have to.
Sun 5 Jul · 09:59 IST
Right now · Live segment
Favorable — Gain08:44 → 10:27 IST
Lābha Choghaḍiyā
Lābha is a favorable Mercury-ruled segment — a good time for new activities, travel, and important work.
Now
09:59
Lābha
☀ 05:18☾ 19:02
सूर्यार्क·The Day's Arc
Sixteen choghaḍiyā around the clock.
Sunrise sits at the top (12 o'clock). The hand sweeps clockwise through 8 day segments to sunset (6 o'clock), then continues through 8 night segments back to sunrise. Each carries a distinct planetary mood — the hand shows exactly where you stand right now.
Amṛta · best — most auspicious, ruled by Moon
Śubha · Lābha · Cara · good — favorable for new work
Roga · Kāla · Udvega · avoid — wait, do not start
वर्तमान-निर्णयः·Live Guidance
What the sky is saying right now.
A simple translation of today's panchang into what you can and can't do in the next few hours.
Avoid right now
Watch for Rāhu Kāla
Rāhu Kāla · 17:19 – 19:02
Saturn's shadow period and any inauspicious choghaḍiyā. During these times, avoid:
- Signing contracts, financial commitments
- Important presentations or pitches
- Starting court cases or legal filings
- Beginning long-distance travel
Peak window today
Amṛta — day's best
10:27 – 12:10 · Moon-ruled
Combined with Abhijit muhurat (11:58–12:22) near solar noon, this is the cleanest window of the day for:
- Major announcements or launches
- Filing important paperwork
- Beginning a new sādhanā
- Marriage proposals or vows
चौघडिया·Full Schedule
All sixteen choghaḍiyā, day and night.
Eight segments from sunrise to sunset. Eight from sunset to sunrise. Each ~1 hour 42 minutes long.
Day Choghaḍiyā
05:18 → 19:0205:1807:01
UdvegaSun
07:0108:44
CaraVenus
08:4410:27
LābhaMercury
10:2712:10
AmṛtaMoon
12:1013:53
KālaSaturn
13:5315:36
ŚubhaJupiter
15:3617:19
RogaMars
17:1919:02
UdvegaSun
Night Choghaḍiyā
19:02 → 05:1819:0220:19
ŚubhaJupiter
20:1921:36
RogaMars
21:3622:53
UdvegaSun
22:5300:10
CaraVenus
00:1001:27
LābhaMercury
01:2702:44
AmṛtaMoon
02:4404:01
KālaSaturn
04:0105:18
ŚubhaJupiter
मुहूर्ताः·Muhūrta Windows
Bonus windows — and what to avoid.
Beyond the choghadiya, classical Jyotiṣa names specific sacred windows that overlay the day.
✦Auspicious overlay
Brahma Muhūrta
2nd-to-last muhūrta of night · best for sādhana & deep practice
03:42 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta
~24 min around solar noon · victorious, overrides most negatives
11:58 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta
11th muhūrta · best for victory & new ventures
14:28 – 15:23
Amṛta Kālam
Nakshatra-based · highly auspicious for starts
11:20 – 12:56
Godhuli Muhūrta
“Cow-dust hour” · auspicious for marriages
18:50 – 19:14
Nishita Muhūrta
Mid-night ±24 min · esoteric practices
23:46 – 00:34
⚠Avoid these overlays
Rāhu Kāla
Avoid signing, starting, decisions, travel
17:19 – 19:02
Yamagaṇḍa
Avoid travel, important meetings
12:10 – 13:53
Gulika Kāla
Avoid financial commitments
15:36 – 17:19
Dur Muhūrtam
Avoid new ventures, important work
17:12 – 18:07
What is panchang?
Pañcāṅga — from Sanskrit pañca (five) and aṅga (limb) — is the classical Vedic almanac that tracks five essential qualities of each day: Vāra (weekday lord), Tithi (lunar day), Nakṣatra (Moon's asterism), Yoga (sun-moon arc), and Karaṇa (half-tithi). Together these five limbs describe the quality of time — which actions are supported, which should wait, and when the sky opens a natural window for important decisions.
Why is choghaḍiyā so practical?
Choghaḍiyā (from char ghaḍi — four ghaṭikās) divides the day and night each into eight equal segments, each ruled by a planetary period. Amṛta, Śubha, Lābha, and Cara are considered favorable for starting new work, travel, and transactions. Kāla, Roga, and Udvega are generally avoided for important beginnings. Choghaḍiyā is the most practical muhūrta tool for daily use — no birth chart required.
Rāhu kāla, Yamagaṇḍa & Gulika
Three inauspicious periods repeat every day in a fixed planetary sequence, shifting by weekday. Rāhu Kāla is the most widely observed — a ~90-minute window each day considered unfavorable for new ventures, travel, and important decisions. Yamagaṇḍa and Gulika Kāla similarly indicate periods where Saturn and the node of Gulika reduce auspiciousness. All three are shown above with exact timings for your location.
How this panchang is computed
VedicPupil computes today's panchang using Swiss Ephemeris — the same sub-arc-second precision engine used by professional Jyotiṣa software — with Lahiri ayanāṁśa, the standard sidereal correction adopted by the Indian government's Rāṣṭrīya Pañcāṅga. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for your exact coordinates, making all time-based limbs (choghaḍiyā, rāhu kāla, muhūrta windows) location-specific rather than generic.