Chennai panchang, 20 March 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 02:11 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:53
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 22:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:19 – 06:13 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. 04:38 – 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 05:04 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 19:52 Virgo
- 19:52 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 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