Chennai panchang, 28 November 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 21:42 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:47
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:18
- Karana Balava until 06:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:03 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:05 – 22:01
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:33 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 06:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:40 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:31 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:56 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:38 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:40 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:15 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:26 Libra
- 05:26 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:45 Sagittarius
- 09:45 – 11:39 Capricorn
- 11:39 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 16:48 Aries
- 16:48 – 18:50 Taurus
- 18:50 – 21:02 Gemini
- 21:02 – 23:11 Cancer
- 23:11 – 01:14 next day Leo
- 01:14 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 05:22 next day Libra
- 05:22 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method