Chennai panchang, 22 May 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 03:47 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:02
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 18:02
- Karana Vanija until 14:02, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:17 Aries
- 05:17 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:31 Gemini
- 09:31 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:45 Virgo
- 15:45 – 17:52 Libra
- 17:52 – 20:03 Scorpio
- 20:03 – 22:10 Sagittarius
- 22:10 – 00:04 next day Capricorn
- 00:04 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 03:25 next day Pisces
- 03:25 – 05:13 next day Aries
- 05:13 – 05:42 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