Chennai panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 07:34 Magha 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 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:40
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:20
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:22 – 15:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:40
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:40 Capricorn
- 07:40 – 09:22 Aquarius
- 09:22 – 11:01 Pisces
- 11:01 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 23:17 Virgo
- 23:17 – 01:24 next day Libra
- 01:24 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:43 next day Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 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