Chennai panchang, 31 March 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:32 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:47
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:35
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- 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 06:06 – 08:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:35 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:19 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:05 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