Chennai panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 11:36 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:18
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:54
- Karana Vishti until 14:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:23 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:10 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:23 next day | Good |
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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:18 Capricorn
- 05:18 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:40 Pisces
- 08:40 – 10:28 Aries
- 10:28 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 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