Choghadiya divides the day into auspicious and inauspicious slots - eight through the daylight and eight through the night - cycling through seven named periods, each ruled by a planet. It is the quick, everyday timing many people check before travel, purchases or starting work.
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Nectar - the most auspicious Choghadiya, good for every kind of work.
Auspicious - favoured for ceremonies, marriage and worship.
Gain - good for business, study and anything undertaken for profit.
Movable - well suited to travel and anything involving movement.
Anxiety - ruled by the Sun; unsettling for new works.
Illness - inauspicious, associated with sickness and difficulties.
Death - inauspicious, best avoided for anything new.
Choghadiya is a popular system of auspicious and inauspicious time slots used in western and northern India, especially before travel, purchases or starting new work. The daylight (sunrise to sunset) is split into 8 Choghadiya and the night (sunset to next sunrise) into 8 more, cycling through seven named periods - each ruled by a planet and judged good, mixed or to be avoided.
Sixteen slots in all - 8 during the day and 8 at night - drawn from the seven named Choghadiya: Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Rog and Kaal. Each daytime Choghadiya is one-eighth of the day and each night one is one-eighth of the night, so they vary in length with the season.
Char (the 'movable' Choghadiya, ruled by Venus) is considered especially good for travel and journeys. Amrit, Shubh and Labh are auspicious for most work, while Udveg, Rog and Kaal are generally avoided for new or important undertakings.
The GhadiChakra day-clock shows the current Choghadiya live, along with the running Hora and Muhurta, for your location.