Chennai panchang, 14 April 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 23:16 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:13
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 05:13 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:13, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:52 – 17:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:57 – 06:30
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 05:57 next day Aries
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