Chennai panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:18 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:53 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:32
- Karana Gara until 07:56, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:32 – 18:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:06 – 01:12 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:12 – 10:11 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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:56 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:47 Gemini
- 09:47 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 13:59 Leo
- 13:59 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:07 Libra
- 18:07 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:29 next day Aries
- 05:29 – 05:43 next day Taurus
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