Chennai panchang, 29 September 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:14 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:28
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:58 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:07
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:34 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:07, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:00 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 10:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 10:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 12:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:12 Leo
- 05:12 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:20 Libra
- 09:20 – 11:32 Scorpio
- 11:32 – 13:39 Sagittarius
- 13:39 – 15:33 Capricorn
- 15:33 – 17:14 Aquarius
- 17:14 – 18:54 Pisces
- 18:54 – 20:42 Aries
- 20:42 – 22:44 Taurus
- 22:44 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 03:05 next day Cancer
- 03:05 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 05:59 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