Chennai panchang, 19 March 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 01:25 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:10 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 22:08
- Karana Taitila until 06:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 10:32 next day
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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:10 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:01 Aquarius
- 06:01 – 07:41 Pisces
- 07:41 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:31 Taurus
- 11:31 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 17:55 Leo
- 17:55 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:57 next day Aquarius
- 05:57 – 06:13 next day Pisces
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