Chennai panchang, 8 May 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 18:05 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:24 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:18 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:40
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
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 – 05:00
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:46 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:20 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:24 Pisces
- 04:24 – 06:12 Aries
- 06:12 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:38 Leo
- 14:38 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:05 Sagittarius
- 23:05 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:20 next day Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:45 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