Chennai panchang, 5 August 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 18:36 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:24
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:39
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:42
- Karana Bava until 13:39, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:24
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:36 Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:45 Cancer
- 06:45 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:16 Sagittarius
- 17:16 – 19:09 Capricorn
- 19:09 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:18 next day Aries
- 00:18 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 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