Chennai panchang, 28 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:27 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 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 06:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:46 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:50
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 19:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:55
- Karana Balava until 06:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:46 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 19:46 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 07:18 Leo
- 07:18 – 09:19 Virgo
- 09:19 – 11:26 Libra
- 11:26 – 13:38 Scorpio
- 13:38 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 19:20 Aquarius
- 19:20 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 05:11 next day Cancer
- 05:11 – 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