Chennai panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 08:33 Bhadrapada 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 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:44
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:24 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 13:58 Scorpio
- 13:58 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 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