Chennai panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 03:30 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 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:53
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:38
- Karana Gara until 12:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 09:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:00 – 09:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:18 – 05:57 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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 15:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:39 Pisces
- 21:39 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 05:57 next day Leo
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