Chennai panchang, 5 May 2028
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 15:09 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:49
- 06:33 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 11:33
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:27
- Karana Vishti until 11:33, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Moon enters Virgo
- 10:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 11:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:54 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:49
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 – 05:01
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 11:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:47 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:36 Pisces
- 04:36 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:26 Taurus
- 08:26 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:47 Cancer
- 12:47 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 18:58 Libra
- 18:58 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:17 Sagittarius
- 23:17 – 01:11 next day Capricorn
- 01:11 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:32 next day Pisces
- 04:32 – 05:46 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