What is the Panchang and why does it matter for Chandigarh?
The Panchang is the traditional Hindu almanac that tracks five (pancha-anga, "five limbs") astronomical elements: tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (lunar mansion), yoga (sun-moon angular relation), karana (half-tithi), and vara (weekday). Every shubh muhurat — wedding date, griha-pravesh, vehicle purchase, naamkaran — is derived from these five.
Because tithi and nakshatra change at different times in different cities (the moon rises later in Chandigarh than in cities further west), a national panchang can be off by hours. The values above are calculated for Chandigarh's exact latitude and longitude, so the sunrise, sunset, Rahu Kaal and Gulika Kaal you see are accurate to the minute.
Inauspicious periods to avoid in Chandigarh
Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal and Yamakantaka are short windows traditionally avoided for new beginnings (signing contracts, starting a journey, beginning a yagya). Routine activities are unaffected; the conventional wisdom is to defer time-bound first acts outside these windows.
How Chandigarh's panchang is computed
Jyotron uses Swiss Ephemeris (the same astronomical engine used by professional astrologers and academic researchers) and the canonical Lahiri ayanamsa for sidereal calculations. Sunrise and sunset are geocoded for Chandigarh's coordinates rather than the Indian Standard Time meridian, so they reflect actual local horizon events.