Chennai panchang, 31 July 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 14:36 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:03
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:35 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:18
- Karana Gara until 08:49, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:03
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 05:55 – 13:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 13:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
| Char | 18:35 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:56 Gemini
- 04:56 – 07:05 Cancer
- 07:05 – 09:08 Leo
- 09:08 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:16 Libra
- 13:16 – 15:28 Scorpio
- 15:28 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:29 Capricorn
- 19:29 – 21:10 Aquarius
- 21:10 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:38 next day Aries
- 00:38 – 02:40 next day Taurus
- 02:40 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 05:55 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