Chennai panchang, 29 March 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 07:54 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:45
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:39 – 04:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 00:51 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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:51 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:51 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:22 Aquarius
- 05:22 – 07:01 Pisces
- 07:01 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:36 Scorpio
- 23:36 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:18 next day Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:07 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