Chennai panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 00:05 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:20
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:20 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- 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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 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 05:56 – 09:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:39 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 05:55 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