Chennai panchang, 7 May 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 17:05 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:24
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:24 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:37 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:06, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:37 – 21:40 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. 04:15 – 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 18:24 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:28 Pisces
- 04:28 – 06:16 Aries
- 06:16 – 08:18 Taurus
- 08:18 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 18:50 Libra
- 18:50 – 21:02 Scorpio
- 21:02 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 01:03 next day Capricorn
- 01:03 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 04:24 next day Pisces
- 04:24 – 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