Chennai panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 14:28 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:43
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:19 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:14
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:14 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:25 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:58 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. 04:29 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:54 Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 16:48 Leo
- 16:48 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:02 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