Chennai panchang, 3 April 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:28 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:10
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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. 04:30 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:00 – 06:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:00 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:32 Taurus
- 10:32 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:03 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