Chennai panchang, 25 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 10:32 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 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:50
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:23 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:00
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 06:02
- Karana Kaulava until 10:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:50
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 15:57 Sagittarius
- 15:57 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:32 Aquarius
- 19:32 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 01:02 next day Taurus
- 01:02 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 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