Chennai panchang, 18 July 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 01:50 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 16:26
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 11:40
- Karana Balava until 16:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
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. 04:22 – 05:07
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 09:03
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:47 Gemini
- 05:47 – 07:56 Cancer
- 07:56 – 09:59 Leo
- 09:59 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:07 Libra
- 14:07 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:41 Pisces
- 23:41 – 01:29 next day Aries
- 01:29 – 03:31 next day Taurus
- 03:31 – 05:43 next day Gemini
- 05:43 – 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