Chennai panchang, 30 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:09 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 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:42
- 08:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:47
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:33
- Karana Vanija until 08:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
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) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:21 – 23:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:47 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 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
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:05 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 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 07:10 Leo
- 07:10 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 11:18 Libra
- 11:18 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:31 Capricorn
- 17:31 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 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