Chennai panchang, 21 July 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 04:47 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:02
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:34 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:18, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:34 – 02:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:49 – 05:53 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:53 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 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:35 Gemini
- 05:35 – 07:44 Cancer
- 07:44 – 09:47 Leo
- 09:47 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 13:56 Libra
- 13:56 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 20:08 Capricorn
- 20:08 – 21:50 Aquarius
- 21:50 – 23:29 Pisces
- 23:29 – 01:17 next day Aries
- 01:17 – 03:20 next day Taurus
- 03:20 – 05:31 next day Gemini
- 05:31 – 05:53 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