Chennai panchang, 28 February 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 07:55 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:16 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:02
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 22:48
- Karana Taitila until 10:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:37 – 11:51
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. 04:49 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:39 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:38 Capricorn
- 05:38 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:59 Pisces
- 08:59 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:22 Libra
- 23:22 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:34 next day Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:26 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