Chennai panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 04:55 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:15 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:58 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 10:44, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 07:17 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:58 – 06:28 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. 04:51 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:39 Aquarius
- 07:39 – 09:19 Pisces
- 09:19 – 11:07 Aries
- 11:07 – 13:09 Taurus
- 13:09 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 19:33 Leo
- 19:33 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 01:53 next day Scorpio
- 01:53 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:54 next day Capricorn
- 05:54 – 06:28 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