Chennai panchang, 4 May 2028
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 14:13 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:47 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:43
- Karana Gara until 14:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 17:19
- 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 00:54 – 06:33 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:02 – 05:47 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- 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 05:47 – 01:02 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 14:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:40 Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:30 Taurus
- 08:30 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:21 Sagittarius
- 23:21 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:36 next day Pisces
- 04:36 – 05:47 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