Chennai panchang, 24 January 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 04:43 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:47
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:04 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:09
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:22
- Karana Vanija until 16:09, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:47
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:28 – 06:36 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:39 next day Libra
- 01:39 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 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