Chennai panchang, 14 August 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:29 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:59
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:29 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 17:51 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:22
- Karana Taitila until 17:48, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:22 – 00:58 next day
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:51 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:13 Leo
- 08:13 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:21 Libra
- 12:21 – 14:33 Scorpio
- 14:33 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 05:57 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