Chennai panchang, 31 August 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 15:54 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 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:51
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:24 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:57
- Karana Bava until 09:36, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:51
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) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 07:06 Leo
- 07:06 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:14 Libra
- 11:14 – 13:26 Scorpio
- 13:26 – 15:33 Sagittarius
- 15:33 – 17:27 Capricorn
- 17:27 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 20:48 Pisces
- 20:48 – 22:36 Aries
- 22:36 – 00:38 next day Taurus
- 00:38 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 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