Chennai panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 04:46 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:48
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:19 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:40 – 20:55
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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:10 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