Chennai panchang, 2 May 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 12:20 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:55
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 19:44
- Karana Vishti until 07:55, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:51 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:13 – 10:10
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 – 05:02
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 04:24 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:48 – 18:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:24 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:48 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 12:59 Cancer
- 12:59 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:22 Scorpio
- 21:22 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 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