Chennai panchang, 30 April 2028
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 10:22 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:22
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:22
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 02:50 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. 04:17 – 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 07:23 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 05:48 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 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:30 Scorpio
- 21:30 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:48 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