Chennai panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 22:23 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:50
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:38 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:15
- Karana Taitila until 08:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:50
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. 04:20 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:42 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:10 Gemini
- 06:10 – 08:20 Cancer
- 08:20 – 10:23 Leo
- 10:23 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:43 Scorpio
- 16:43 – 18:50 Sagittarius
- 18:50 – 20:43 Capricorn
- 20:43 – 22:25 Aquarius
- 22:25 – 00:05 next day Pisces
- 00:05 – 01:53 next day Aries
- 01:53 – 03:55 next day Taurus
- 03:55 – 05:50 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