Chennai panchang, 21 February 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 03:29 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:15 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:08 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:00
- Karana Kaulava until 18:55, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:00 – 17:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:53 – 06:29 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. 04:52 – 05:41
- 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 18:15 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:17 Taurus
- 13:17 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 06:02 next day Capricorn
- 06:02 – 06:29 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