Chennai panchang, 20 July 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 03:44 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 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:37 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:37
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:36
- Karana Vanija until 13:37, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 08:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:08 – 05:52 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. 04:22 – 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 18:37 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:52 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:48 Cancer
- 07:48 – 09:51 Leo
- 09:51 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 14:00 Libra
- 14:00 – 16:11 Scorpio
- 16:11 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 20:12 Capricorn
- 20:12 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 23:33 Pisces
- 23:33 – 01:21 next day Aries
- 01:21 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:35 next day Gemini
- 05:35 – 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