Chennai panchang, 2 August 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 16:23 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 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:49
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:34 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:31 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:02
- Karana Balava until 09:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:28 – 16:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
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 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:34 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 09:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:31 – 22:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:48 Gemini
- 04:48 – 06:57 Cancer
- 06:57 – 09:00 Leo
- 09:00 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:08 Libra
- 13:08 – 15:20 Scorpio
- 15:20 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:21 Capricorn
- 19:21 – 21:02 Aquarius
- 21:02 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:30 next day Aries
- 00:30 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 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