Chennai panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:06 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 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 17:56
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:06 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 07:49
- Karana Bava until 06:51, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 17:56
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. 04:53 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:06 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:54 Scorpio
- 04:54 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:55 Capricorn
- 08:55 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 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