Chennai panchang, 10 January 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 16:08 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 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:40
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:36
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 01:36 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:36, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:40
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 17:57 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:34 – 00:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 00:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:51 Capricorn
- 08:51 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 14:00 Aries
- 14:00 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 06:35 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