Chennai panchang, 1 March 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 09:11 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:50
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:16 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:56 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 22:53
- Karana Bava until 13:23, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 17:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:53 – 06:25 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. 04:48 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:44
- 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 17:53 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:30 Capricorn
- 05:30 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:52 Pisces
- 08:52 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:03 Cancer
- 17:03 – 19:06 Leo
- 19:06 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 23:14 Libra
- 23:14 – 01:26 next day Scorpio
- 01:26 – 03:33 next day Sagittarius
- 03:33 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 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