Chennai panchang, 10 May 2028
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 20:06 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:25 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:21
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 16:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:04 – 06:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
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. 04:14 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:25 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:45 – 15:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 15:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 22:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:16 Pisces
- 04:16 – 06:04 Aries
- 06:04 – 08:07 Taurus
- 08:07 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:51 Scorpio
- 20:51 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 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