Chennai panchang, 24 May 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:21 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:40
- Karana Naga until 13:46, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 14:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:47 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:12 Taurus
- 07:12 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:32 Cancer
- 11:32 – 13:35 Leo
- 13:35 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:44 Libra
- 17:44 – 19:56 Scorpio
- 19:56 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 23:56 Capricorn
- 23:56 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:17 next day Pisces
- 03:17 – 05:05 next day Aries
- 05:05 – 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