Chennai panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 09:34 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 10:43
- Karana Vishti until 10:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 16:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:32 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:26 Scorpio
- 05:26 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
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