Chennai panchang, 21 March 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 02:54 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:18 to 06:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 23:54
- Karana Bava until 10:53, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:13 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:43 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:12 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:23 Taurus
- 11:23 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:07 next day Scorpio
- 00:07 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:12 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