Chennai panchang, 7 April 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 16:24 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:47
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:20 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:33
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:13, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 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. 04:28 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 16:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 16:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:57 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 08:14 Aries
- 08:14 – 10:16 Taurus
- 10:16 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:40 Leo
- 16:40 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:01 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