Chennai panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:22 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 22:24
- Karana Gara until 09:42, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:51 – 07:55 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:24 – 00:48 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) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 06:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:48 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:42 Taurus
- 08:42 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 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