Chennai panchang, 23 June 2028
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 06:02 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:00
- 10:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:37 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:52
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:18
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:57, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:47 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:49 – 22:45
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. 04:16 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:37 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:45 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:14 Taurus
- 05:14 – 07:25 Gemini
- 07:25 – 09:34 Cancer
- 09:34 – 11:37 Leo
- 11:37 – 13:39 Virgo
- 13:39 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 17:58 Scorpio
- 17:58 – 20:05 Sagittarius
- 20:05 – 21:58 Capricorn
- 21:58 – 23:40 Aquarius
- 23:40 – 01:19 next day Pisces
- 01:19 – 03:07 next day Aries
- 03:07 – 05:10 next day Taurus
- 05:10 – 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