Chennai panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 05:35 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:26
- 06:02 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:26 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:23 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:07 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:02, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:02 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 15:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:26
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 18:26 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:10 Scorpio
- 14:10 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:31 Pisces
- 21:31 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:43 next day Cancer
- 05:43 – 05:58 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