Chennai panchang, 18 June 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 01:40 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:36
- 14:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:15 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:36 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:58 – 06:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:24 – 05:44 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. 04:15 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 22:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:33 Taurus
- 05:33 – 07:45 Gemini
- 07:45 – 09:54 Cancer
- 09:54 – 11:57 Leo
- 11:57 – 13:59 Virgo
- 13:59 – 16:05 Libra
- 16:05 – 18:17 Scorpio
- 18:17 – 20:24 Sagittarius
- 20:24 – 22:18 Capricorn
- 22:18 – 23:59 Aquarius
- 23:59 – 01:39 next day Pisces
- 01:39 – 03:27 next day Aries
- 03:27 – 05:29 next day Taurus
- 05:29 – 05:44 next day Gemini
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