Chennai panchang, 9 March 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 16:43 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:17 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:48 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:02, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
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. 04:44 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:22 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:59 Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:20 Pisces
- 08:20 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:10 Taurus
- 12:10 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 18:34 Leo
- 18:34 – 20:36 Virgo
- 20:36 – 22:42 Libra
- 22:42 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 03:01 next day Sagittarius
- 03:01 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 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