Chennai panchang, 5 March 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 12:35 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:17
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:17 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:55 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 17:54
- Karana Balava until 13:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:17
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. 04:46 – 05:34
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:00 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:22 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 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:24 Aries
- 10:24 – 12:26 Taurus
- 12:26 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 18:50 Leo
- 18:50 – 20:51 Virgo
- 20:51 – 22:58 Libra
- 22:58 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:22 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