Chennai panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 13:19 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:30
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:30
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:52 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 11:48
- Karana Taitila until 08:39, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:34 – 01:38 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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 03:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:30 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:02 Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 04:58 next day Scorpio
- 04:58 – 06:34 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