Chennai panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 01:28 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 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:46
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:28 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 20:07 Aquarius
- 20:07 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 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