Chennai panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 18:13 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 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:26
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:03
- Karana Balava until 11:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:03 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 00:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 05:59 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:04 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:52 Leo
- 04:52 – 06:54 Virgo
- 06:54 – 09:01 Libra
- 09:01 – 11:13 Scorpio
- 11:13 – 13:20 Sagittarius
- 13:20 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:34 Pisces
- 18:34 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 04:49 next day Leo
- 04:49 – 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