Chennai panchang, 29 July 2028
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 12:40 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:25
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:35 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 20:15
- Karana Bava until 10:25, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
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. 04:24 – 05:09
- 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 18:35 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 13:19
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 13:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:25 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:19 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:04 Gemini
- 05:04 – 07:13 Cancer
- 07:13 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:17 Virgo
- 11:17 – 13:24 Libra
- 13:24 – 15:36 Scorpio
- 15:36 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 22:58 Pisces
- 22:58 – 00:46 next day Aries
- 00:46 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 05:54 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