Chennai panchang, 8 September 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 20:53 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 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:42
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:30
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:09 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:14 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 08:50 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 21:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:32 Cancer
- 04:32 – 06:35 Leo
- 06:35 – 08:36 Virgo
- 08:36 – 10:43 Libra
- 10:43 – 12:55 Scorpio
- 12:55 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:37 Aquarius
- 18:37 – 20:17 Pisces
- 20:17 – 22:05 Aries
- 22:05 – 00:07 next day Taurus
- 00:07 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:28 next day Cancer
- 04:28 – 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