Chennai panchang, 13 March 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 20:41 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:18 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:24
- Karana Vanija until 10:03, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 08:39 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 22:55
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:43 Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:25 Aquarius
- 06:25 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:39 next day Scorpio
- 00:39 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:17 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