Chennai panchang, 17 July 2028
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 01:00 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:05
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 16:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:49 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:05
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. 04:21 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 08:00 Cancer
- 08:00 – 10:03 Leo
- 10:03 – 12:05 Virgo
- 12:05 – 14:11 Libra
- 14:11 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:30 Sagittarius
- 18:30 – 20:24 Capricorn
- 20:24 – 22:05 Aquarius
- 22:05 – 23:45 Pisces
- 23:45 – 01:33 next day Aries
- 01:33 – 03:35 next day Taurus
- 03:35 – 05:47 next day Gemini
- 05:47 – 05:52 next day Cancer
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