Chennai panchang, 28 April 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 08:24 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:22 to 05:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:35
- Karana Vanija until 13:10, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:50 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:35 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- 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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:50 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:50 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:38 Scorpio
- 21:38 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:49 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