Chennai panchang, 4 February 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:58 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:43
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:09 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:06
- Karana Bava until 12:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:43
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) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:39 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:12 Capricorn
- 07:12 – 08:54 Aquarius
- 08:54 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:24 Taurus
- 14:24 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:45 Cancer
- 18:45 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 00:56 next day Libra
- 00:56 – 03:08 next day Scorpio
- 03:08 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 06:35 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