Chaughadia Muhurt.

Chaughadia Muhurt connotes the matrix of auspicious and inauspicious time segment within the 12 hour time-frame. Calculation of the chaughadia Muhurt is based on the five basic components of PANCHANG i.e. lunar calendar: i) days of the week, ii) the lunar days (including the two lunar phases), iii) Nakshatras, iv)Yogs and v) Karanas. 

The time period between the sun rise and sun set has eight muhurtas and; the time period from the sun set to sun rise in the next morning also has eight muhurts. They are: i) Uddeg, ii) Char or chal, iii) Laav, iv) Amrit, v) Kaal, vi) Suuv, vii) Rog, and viii) the same muhurt with which the day or the night begins with. The time span of each muhurt is equal i.e. 90 minutes.

Of thses muhurts, the Laav, Amrit and Suuv muhurtas are considerd very auspicious or propitious for starting all mangalik activities and the Uddeg, Kaal and Rog are unauspicious for beginning anything good. The Chara or Chal is considered as neutral or neither good nor bad for starting a new work. 

However, a section of scholars opine that the ‘Char’ muhurt is very good for buying a vehicle, starting new shop or a house. The other three: Amrit, Suuv, and Luuv are considered as very good for beginning all sorts of undertakings of positive nature (Suuv karyas). Here, it is worthy to note that ‘the Gulik kaal’ always correlates one of the subh (auspicious) chaughadiya muhurtas. The following are the chaughadiya tables: 

                                       Day hours Chaughadiya:-

	6:00 AM to 7:30 AM	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM	10:30 AM to 12:00 Noon	12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM	1:30 PM to 3:00 PM	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM	4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Sun	Uddeg	Char	Laav	Amrit	Kaal	Suv	Rog	Uddeg
Mon	Amrit	Kaal	Suv	Rog	Uddeg	Char	Laav	Amrit
Tue	Rog	Uddeg	Char	Laav	Amrit	Kaal	Suv	Rog
Wed	Laav	Amrit	Kaal	Suv	Rog	Uddeg	Char	Laav
Thu	Suv	Rog	Uddeg	Char	Laav	Amrit	Kaal	Suv
Fri	Char	Laav	Amrit	Kaal	Suv	Rog	Uddeg	Char
Sat	Kaal	Suv	Rog	Uddeg	Char	Laav	Amrit	Kaal

To easily remember the serial order of the muhurts for the days, a mnemonic of 7 alphabets   can be devised as ‘UCLA-KSR.’ Here, U= Uddeg, C= Chal, L= Laav, A= Amrit, K=Kaal, S= Suv, R= Rog.

Note: - 1) The 1^st and 8^th Muhurts are always same for all the week days and nights. 2)  The muhurts begin from the first alphabet (U) of the mnemonic on Sunday and for Tuesday; the first muhurt begins from the 4^th muhurt of the previous day i.e. Monday and then for 2^nd to 8^th follows the mnemonic and for the rest of the days the same rule is followed.

                                            Night Chaughadiya:-

	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	7:30 PM to 9:00 PM	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM	10:30 PM to 00:00 Noon	00:00   to 1:30 AM	1:30 AM to 3:00 AM	3:00 AM to 4:30 AM	4:30 AM to 6:00 AM
Su	Suv	Amrit	Chal	Rog	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg	Suv
Mo	Chal	Rog	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit	Chal
Tue	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit	Chal	Rog	Kaal
Wed	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit	Chal	Rog	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg
Thu	Amrit	Chal	Rog	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit
Fri	Rog	Kaal	Laav	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit	Chal	Rog
Sat	Laav	Uddeg	Suv	Amrit	Chal	Rog	Kaal	Laav

Mnemonic for the Night Chaughadiya: - SACRKLU

Note: - 1) The Mondays’ Muhurt order begins from the first 1^st alphabet of the mnemonic.  2) The 3^rd Muhurt of the previous day becomes the 1^st muhurt for the Tuesday and the thereafter follows mnemonic and this rule is applied for the rest of the days.