There will be times when an immediate tasks requires to be finished as quickly as possible. Ancient vedic seers designed the concepts of muhurat, chogadiya and hora for such purpose only. We have already covered hora is our previous article: Basics Of Hora. In this article we will look at concept of choghadiya and how it can be used to ensure better chances of success in immediate tasks at hand.
Choghadiya is made up of two terms: cho meaning four and ghadi which is measurement of time in vedic astrology which is roughly around twenty four minutes in modern clocks. To further simplify Cho+Ghadi means four ghadis or approximately ninety six minutes in modern clocks.
In vedic calendar one day is calculated from sunrise to next sunrise and is called ahoratra. This ahoratra is divided into two parts: divas known as day and ratri known as night. Both of them are further divided into eight parts and one such part is called choghadiya.
Length of choghadiya may vary between day and night. For example during summer times length of daytime choghadiya is more than length of nighttime choghadiya. Similarly in winter length of nightime choghadiya is more compared to daytime choghadiya.
One of the main benefits of using choghadiya is there are eight equal parts assigned for both day and night. So night owls can use nighttime choghadiya to do important task. A lot of youngsters today can only tap into their creativity and reach peak productivity at night. Choghadiya is designed to help them get maximum out of their talent and potential. Ofcourse individuals who prefer working in daytime also benefit by starting work in auspicious choghadiyas.
As explained above there are eight choghadiyas in a day and eight choghadiyas in a night. But there are only a total of seven choghadiyas described by ancient seers. The reason is the first choghadiya in day or night is also assigned as last choghadiya. The seven choghadiyas are as follows:
- Udveg: Udveg in sankrit translates to restlessness. This choghadiya increase restlessness, anxiety, anger and fear. Normally any important activity or auspicious work should be avoided in this choghadiya. Equally important to avoid any discussion or aguments in and around Udveg choghadiya.
- Chal: Chal roughly means one which is not stationary. This choghadiya is the only neutral one among the seven choghadiyas. Starting important activity is permitted but one should avoid starting auspicious work unless absolutely necessary.
- Labh: Labh means profit. Labh choghadiya is an ideal choghadiya to start auspicious work or important activity. Labh choghadiya combined with auspicious tithi and yoga can substantially increase chances of profits from investment or endeavor.
- Amrit: Amrit means nectar of life. Amrit is an ideal choghadiya to start auspicious work or important activity. Perhaps the best use of Amrit choghadiya maybe to do activities which boost health and longetivity.
- Kaal: Kaal means death. Kaal choghadiya should be avoided for starting any auspicious activity or important activity. Kaal choghadiya along with problematic tithi and yoga can lead to failures, breakups, death and destruction.
- Shubh: Shubh in sanskrit means auspicious. Shubh choghadiya is an ideal choghadiya to start auspicious work and important activities. Getting married, buying house and luxury cars, purchasing gold etc is particularly beneficial.
- Rog: Rog means disease. As the name suggests any auspicious activity starting in rog choghadiya can lead to disease and decay. As such its important to avoid any important activity or auspicious work. Activities which can directly or indirectly impact health should particularly be avoided.
We have provided a free software to check both day and night choghadiyas: Choghadiya. Just enter your location or nearest location if exact location not available. Click on the Choghadiya tab where there are both day and night choghadiyas are provided.