Chennai panchang, 26 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 11:31 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 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:16
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:22 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:33
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 01:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:11, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:18 – 23:49 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 – 05:12
- 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 18:22 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:46 Scorpio
- 13:46 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:56 Aries
- 22:56 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 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