Chennai panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 03:20 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:53 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:19 Aries
- 07:19 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 05:53 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