Chennai panchang, 18 February 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 00:51 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:46
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:25 – 06:31 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. 04:53 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:27 Aries
- 11:27 – 13:29 Taurus
- 13:29 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:01 next day Libra
- 00:01 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
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