Chennai panchang, 28 May 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 09:16 Jyeshtha 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 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:30
- 06:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 07:06
- Karana Vishti until 08:22, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:29 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:33 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:42 – 05:47
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 18:30 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 12:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:16 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:54 Aries
- 04:54 – 06:56 Taurus
- 06:56 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:17 Cancer
- 11:17 – 13:20 Leo
- 13:20 – 15:21 Virgo
- 15:21 – 17:28 Libra
- 17:28 – 19:40 Scorpio
- 19:40 – 21:47 Sagittarius
- 21:47 – 23:40 Capricorn
- 23:40 – 01:22 next day Aquarius
- 01:22 – 03:02 next day Pisces
- 03:02 – 04:50 next day Aries
- 04:50 – 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