Chennai panchang, 8 April 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 17:22 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:01 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:15
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:14
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:14 – 01:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 14:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 06:00 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. 04:27 – 05:14
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 14:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 19:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:01 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:00 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:00 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