Chennai panchang, 4 September 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 18:24 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 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:49
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:16 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:44 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:17 – 04:17 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) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 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
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:01 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 – 04:47 Cancer
- 04:47 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 10:59 Libra
- 10:59 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:18 Sagittarius
- 15:18 – 17:11 Capricorn
- 17:11 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 20:32 Pisces
- 20:32 – 22:20 Aries
- 22:20 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:34 next day Gemini
- 02:34 – 04:44 next day Cancer
- 04:44 – 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