Chennai panchang, 3 March 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 10:43 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 14:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:23
- Karana Gara until 14:46, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:21 – 21:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:23 – 22:35
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. 04:47 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:46 Gemini
- 14:46 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:23 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