Chennai panchang, 4 August 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 17:55 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 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 16:59
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 19:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 16:12
- Karana Vanija until 11:51, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:59
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. 04:25 – 05:10
- 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 18:33 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 19:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:27 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:56 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:40 Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:34 Pisces
- 22:34 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 05:56 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