Chennai panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 10:09 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:52
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:42
- Karana Balava until 13:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:42 – 12:33 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:52
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- 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 19:22 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 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