Choghadiya Today in Boston

Choghadiya in Boston today: eight parts of the day from sunrise (6:18 AM) to sunset (4:36 PM), and eight parts of the night to the next sunrise. The tables below give each part’s name and times. All times are local (Eastern Time).

Choghadiya is a calendar fact, not a prediction. It is worked out from sunrise and sunset, and each part has a traditional name. This page gives the names and times only. This site makes no predictions.

How Choghadiya is worked out

The daytime, from sunrise to sunset, is split into eight equal parts. The night, from sunset to the next sunrise, is split into eight more, so the length of each part changes with the season. Each part has one of seven traditional names: Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh and Rog. The weekday sets the first name of the day and of the night, and the names then follow a fixed order. This page uses the order of a widely used published panchang. A Gujarati jyotish book published in Mumbai in Vikram Samvat 1980 (1923–24) gives the same order, day and night, for all seven weekdays. The times are our own, worked out from the sunrise and sunset we compute for this city.

Rule sources

• Published panchang: Choghadiya Muhurat tutorial (read 25 Oct 2026)
• Published panchang: Choghadiya table, New York (read 25 Oct 2026)
• Published panchang: Choghadiya table, Cochin (read 25 Oct 2026)
• Narchandra Jain Jyotish ane Jyotish Hir, in Gujarati (Meghji Hirji, Mumbai, Vikram Samvat 1980), pp. 5-7: the day and night Choghadiya tables for each weekday and how they are counted (read 1 Nov 2026)

Questions families ask

What is Choghadiya?

Choghadiya divides the daytime and the night into eight parts each. Each part has a traditional name. This page gives the names and times for Boston.

How long is one Choghadiya?

One eighth of the daytime or of the night, so it changes with the season. In summer the day parts are longer and the night parts are shorter.

Is Choghadiya a prediction?

No. It is a calendar fact, worked out from sunrise and sunset. The names are traditional labels. This site makes no predictions.

How is it different from Rahu Kaal?

Rahu Kaal is one of the same eight parts of the daytime, chosen by the weekday. Choghadiya names all eight parts of the day and all eight parts of the night.

Rahu Kaal today in Boston · Today’s full panchang for Boston

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Words on this page

Choghadiya

The daytime and the night, each cut into eight equal parts that carry traditional names.

Rahu Kaal

One of the eight equal parts of the daytime, chosen by the weekday.

All the words of the Hindu calendar

Computed for Boston on Monday, November 2, 2026

Boston · 42.36°N, 71.06°W · Eastern Time

Rule: Choghadiya: the daytime (sunrise to sunset) and the night (sunset to the next sunrise) are each split into 8 equal parts. The first part of the day has the name that belongs to the weekday's lord: Sunday Udveg, Monday Amrit, Tuesday Rog, Wednesday Labh, Thursday Shubh, Friday Char, Saturday Kaal. The names follow the order Udveg, Char, Labh, Amrit, Kaal, Shubh, Rog, and then start again. The night starts five names on from the day's first name; each later part of the night takes the name two places back in the order. These are the traditional names of the parts: a calendar fact, not a prediction.

Calculated for your location from NASA JPL's DE440 ephemeris and Astronomy Engine (MIT licence), with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Times can differ by a minute or two from printed panchangs. For vrat and puja timings, follow your family or temple tradition.

How we calculate