Chennai panchang, 16 September 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 03:15 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 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:05
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:10 Moon enters Leo
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:51
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:10 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 10:51, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:10 Moon enters Leo
- 21:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
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) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:03 Leo
- 06:03 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:12 Libra
- 10:12 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:24 Capricorn
- 16:24 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:45 Pisces
- 19:45 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 03:56 next day Cancer
- 03:56 – 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