Chennai panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 11:55 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:39
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:39
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:33 next day
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:33 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:10 Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 06:33 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