Chennai panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 15:42 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:49
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:17 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:48
- Karana Bava until 07:02, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:20
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:48 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:49
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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 17:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:03 Capricorn
- 05:03 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:20 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