Chennai panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 06:38 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:22 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:56 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:04
- Karana Balava until 13:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 06:56
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 23:53 Sagittarius
- 23:53 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 05:50 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