Chennai panchang, 29 February 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 08:32 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:47
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:16 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:43 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 23:00
- Karana Vanija until 11:56, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:56 – 15:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:47
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. 04:48 – 05:37
- 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 06:26 – 15:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:58 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:58 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:54 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:52 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:44 Aries
- 10:44 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:07 Cancer
- 17:07 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:25 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