Chennai panchang, 12 March 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 19:42 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:34
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:01 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 13:12, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:18
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. 04:42 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 01:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 01:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:47 Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:18 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