Chennai panchang, 21 June 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 04:03 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:47
- 14:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:36 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:38 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 14:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 23:14 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:20 – 01:44 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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:14 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:22 Taurus
- 05:22 – 07:33 Gemini
- 07:33 – 09:42 Cancer
- 09:42 – 11:45 Leo
- 11:45 – 13:47 Virgo
- 13:47 – 15:54 Libra
- 15:54 – 18:05 Scorpio
- 18:05 – 20:12 Sagittarius
- 20:12 – 22:06 Capricorn
- 22:06 – 23:48 Aquarius
- 23:48 – 01:27 next day Pisces
- 01:27 – 03:15 next day Aries
- 03:15 – 05:18 next day Taurus
- 05:18 – 05:45 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