Chennai panchang, 22 March 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 03:34 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:46
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:18 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 00:58 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:35, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:12 – 06:11 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. 04:37 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:43 Leo
- 17:43 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:11 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