Chennai panchang, 29 April 2028
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 09:22 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 05:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:48
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 03:00 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:20, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
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 – 05:03
- 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 05:49 – 07:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:49 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:22 Libra
- 19:22 – 21:34 Scorpio
- 21:34 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 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