Chennai panchang, 15 January 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 21:23 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:09
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:10 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:09
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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