Chennai panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 01:31 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:11 – 05:54 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:49 – 05:54 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. 04:22 – 05:09
- 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 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 05:54 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