Chennai panchang, 21 September 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 08:16 Ashwin 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 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:39
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:04 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 15:17
- Karana Gara until 13:00, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:17 – 11:58 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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 04:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:44 Leo
- 05:44 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:04 Scorpio
- 12:04 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 16:04 Capricorn
- 16:04 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:27 next day Gemini
- 01:27 – 03:37 next day Cancer
- 03:37 – 05:40 next day Leo
- 05:40 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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