Chennai panchang, 15 April 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:14
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:48
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 05:11 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:48, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
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 – 05:10
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:41 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 05:56 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