Choghadiya Today and Rahu Kaal: Daily Muhurat Guide for Bihar

Searching for choghadiya today or Rahu Kaal before a journey, a shop opening or a bank visit is now a daily habit for many families in Patna, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur. Both are simple tools from the Panchang that divide the day into good and bad segments. This guide explains the seven choghadiyas — Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Kaal and Rog — how they are calculated from sunrise and sunset, the weekday-wise Rahu Kaal table, related periods like Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit Muhurat and Bhadra, why Patna's sunrise matters, and when a choghadiya is enough versus when you need a proper muhurat.

Quick answer: Choghadiya (चौघड़िया) divides daytime and night-time into eight equal parts each; Amrit, Shubh and Labh are auspicious, Char is neutral-good, and Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided. Rahu Kaal is one of the eight daytime parts, fixed by weekday, and new work is not started in it. Exact clock times change daily with your city's sunrise and sunset.

The Seven Choghadiyas at a Glance

Choghadiya	Ruling planet	Nature	Best for
Amrit (अमृत)	Moon	Most auspicious	Almost all good work
Shubh (शुभ)	Jupiter	Auspicious	Marriage talks, puja, education, ceremonies
Labh (लाभ)	Mercury	Auspicious	Business, trade, study, contracts
Char (चर)	Venus	Good, "moving"	Travel, vehicles, moving goods
Udveg (उद्वेग)	Sun	Inauspicious	Only government-related tasks, by some traditions
Kaal (काल)	Saturn	Inauspicious	Avoid new work; some use it for collecting dues
Rog (रोग)	Mars	Inauspicious	Avoid; some use it for disputes or debates

What Is Choghadiya?

The word comes from "chau" (four) and "ghadi" (a Vedic time unit of 24 minutes). One choghadiya is roughly four ghadis, about 96 minutes, though the real length varies with the season. The system is especially popular in Gujarat, Rajasthan and among trading communities, and it has become widely used across Bihar for quick decisions — opening the shop's shutter, leaving for a train, or making a purchase on Dhanteras.

It is a practical, everyday tool. It does not look at tithi, nakshatra or your personal chart. That is both its strength (anyone can use it) and its limit.

How Choghadiya Is Calculated from Sunrise and Sunset

1. Daytime = sunset minus sunrise. Divide it by 8. Each part is one day choghadiya.
2. Night-time = next sunrise minus sunset. Divide by 8. Each part is one night choghadiya.
3. The first day choghadiya belongs to the weekday's ruling planet. The rest follow a fixed sequence: Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh, Rog — then repeat. The 8th part is the same as the 1st.
4. Night choghadiyas follow a different sequence: Shubh, Amrit, Char, Rog, Kaal, Labh, Udveg — then repeat.

Example: on a summer day in Patna with a sunrise near 5:00 AM and a sunset near 6:45 PM, daytime is about 13 hours 45 minutes, so each day choghadiya is about 103 minutes. In winter, with a shorter day, each part shrinks to about 80-85 minutes.

Day Choghadiya Sequence by Weekday

Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Sunday	Udveg	Char	Labh	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh	Rog	Udveg
Monday	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh	Rog	Udveg	Char	Labh	Amrit
Tuesday	Rog	Udveg	Char	Labh	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh	Rog
Wednesday	Labh	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh	Rog	Udveg	Char	Labh
Thursday	Shubh	Rog	Udveg	Char	Labh	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh
Friday	Char	Labh	Amrit	Kaal	Shubh	Rog	Udveg	Char
Saturday	Kaal	Shubh	Rog	Udveg	Char	Labh	Amrit	Kaal

Night Choghadiya Sequence by Weekday

Night of	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Sunday	Shubh	Amrit	Char	Rog	Kaal	Labh	Udveg	Shubh
Monday	Char	Rog	Kaal	Labh	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit	Char
Tuesday	Kaal	Labh	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit	Char	Rog	Kaal
Wednesday	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit	Char	Rog	Kaal	Labh	Udveg
Thursday	Amrit	Char	Rog	Kaal	Labh	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit
Friday	Rog	Kaal	Labh	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit	Char	Rog
Saturday	Labh	Udveg	Shubh	Amrit	Char	Rog	Kaal	Labh

Remember that the Vedic day runs from sunrise to sunrise, so "Monday night" means the night after Monday's sunset, up to Tuesday's sunrise.

Rahu Kaal Today — Weekday-wise Segment

Rahu Kaal (राहु काल) is one of the eight equal parts of daytime, ruled by Rahu. It is widely followed in South India and has become just as common in North India, including Bihar. New beginnings — travel, signing, buying, starting a puja for a new venture — are avoided in it.

Weekday	Rahu Kaal segment (of 8)	Approx. time if sunrise 6 AM, sunset 6 PM
Monday	2nd	7:30 – 9:00 AM
Tuesday	7th	3:00 – 4:30 PM
Wednesday	5th	12:00 – 1:30 PM
Thursday	6th	1:30 – 3:00 PM
Friday	4th	10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Saturday	3rd	9:00 – 10:30 AM
Sunday	8th	4:30 – 6:00 PM

The clock times in the last column are only a teaching reference for an idealised 12-hour day. Real Rahu Kaal in Patna will differ — see the sunrise section below. A popular English memory line, "Mother Saw Father Wearing The Turban Suddenly", gives the order Monday, Saturday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Sunday for segments 2 to 8.

Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal

Two more daytime segments are checked alongside Rahu Kaal:

Weekday	Yamaganda segment	Gulika segment
Sunday	5th	7th
Monday	4th	6th
Tuesday	3rd	5th
Wednesday	2nd	4th
Thursday	1st	3rd
Friday	7th	2nd
Saturday	6th	1st

• Yamaganda (यमगण्ड), linked to Yama, is avoided for new ventures and travel, much like Rahu Kaal.
• Gulika Kaal (गुलिक), the period of Saturn's son Gulika, is said to make whatever is done in it repeat. So it is avoided for funerals, taking a loan or anything you would not want repeated, while some families accept it for actions they would like to repeat.

Abhijit Muhurat — The Midday Window

The daytime is also divided into 15 muhurtas. The 8th muhurta, Abhijit (अभिजित), falls around local midday and lasts about 48 minutes, roughly 24 minutes on either side of local noon. Tradition holds that Abhijit can support most work when nothing better is available, linked to the story of Lord Vishnu's protection. Many Panchang traditions exclude Abhijit on Wednesday.

Patna lies east of the 82.5 degree meridian used for Indian Standard Time, so local noon in Patna comes a little before 12:00 IST — usually between about 11:35 AM and 12:05 PM depending on the season. That is why Abhijit Muhurat in Patna starts earlier than in Delhi or Mumbai.

Bhadra (Vishti Karana)

Bhadra (भद्रा) is the period of Vishti karana, one of the eleven karanas (half-tithis). It occurs regularly in both lunar fortnights and is avoided for auspicious ceremonies. Families in Bihar check it carefully for Raksha Bandhan and Holika Dahan, where the ritual is moved outside Bhadra. Classical Muhurta texts note that Bhadra's effect depends on where it "resides" — on earth, in heaven or in the netherworld — based on the Moon's sign, with Bhadra on earth (Moon in Cancer, Leo, Aquarius or Pisces) taken most seriously. Read more in our Holi and Holika Dahan guide.

How Patna Sunrise Times Shift Choghadiya and Rahu Kaal

Every value above depends on local sunrise and sunset. In Patna, sunrise is roughly around 5:00 AM in June and around 6:40 AM in early January. That has three effects:

• Start times move. The first choghadiya always begins at sunrise, so in winter everything starts much later.
• Lengths change. Long summer days make each day choghadiya longer; long winter nights make night choghadiyas longer.
• Cities differ. Bhagalpur and Purnia, being further east, have sunrise a few minutes earlier than Patna; Buxar and Kaimur in the west have it a few minutes later. A Panchang made for Delhi can be off by over 20 minutes for Bihar.

Practical tip: use an app or Panchang that lets you set your exact city, or ask your astrologer. Don't copy timings forwarded on WhatsApp from another state.

How to Pick a Good Time Today — Step by Step

1. Note today's sunrise and sunset for your city.
2. Mark the day's Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika segments and strike them out.
3. From the day choghadiya sequence, pick Amrit, Shubh or Labh — or Char for travel.
4. Check that the chosen window does not overlap with Bhadra.
5. If nothing fits and the work is urgent, use Abhijit Muhurat (except on Wednesday).
6. Begin with a short prayer to Lord Ganesha before you start.

When Choghadiya Is Enough — and When You Need a Full Muhurat

Situation	Choghadiya and Rahu Kaal enough?
Daily travel, a meeting, a bank visit	Yes
Buying small items, gold on Dhanteras	Usually yes
Paying a first instalment or signing a routine form	Yes
Shop opening or new business launch	No — full muhurat, see business and shop opening muhurat
Marriage	No — see Vivah Muhurat guide
Griha pravesh or bhoomi pujan	No — see Griha Pravesh muhurat
Mundan, namkaran, annaprashan	No — see Mundan muhurat
Surgery or medical procedures	Follow your doctor first; muhurat only within the doctor's window

A full muhurat checks the tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, the lagna rising at that moment, planetary combustion, Kharmas and Chaturmas, and — most importantly — the birth charts of the people involved. Choghadiya cannot do any of that.

Common Myths

Myth	Fact
Rahu Kaal is 4:30-6:00 PM every Sunday everywhere	It depends on your local sunrise and sunset
Kaal choghadiya means death	It simply indicates a Saturn-ruled period unfit for new beginnings
Choghadiya replaces the Panchang	It is a shortcut, not a full muhurat
Work started in Rahu Kaal always fails	It is traditionally avoided, not a guaranteed failure

What Happens in a Muhurat Consultation

For anything larger than daily errands, Astrologer Praveen Kumar prepares a personal muhurat. Please bring:

• The date, exact time and place of birth of the main people involved
• The type of event and the city where it will happen
• Your preferred date range and any fixed constraints such as leave or venue bookings

A Vedic astrology consultation covers muhurat selection for family events, while business astrology suits launches, partnerships and contract signing. Families consult from across Bihar, including those looking for an astrologer in Patna, an astrologer in Muzaffarpur or an astrologer in Bhagalpur.

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