Chennai panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 18:21 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:20
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:27
- Karana Bava until 15:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:20
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) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:00 – 11:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 11:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 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