Chennai panchang, 12 October 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 00:02 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 17:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:28
- 06:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:19
- Karana Taitila until 16:14, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:28
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 09:11 – 03:23 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 09:11
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 09:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:11 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 03:23 – 05:59 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:23 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:50 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:41 Scorpio
- 10:41 – 12:48 Sagittarius
- 12:48 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:51 Aries
- 19:51 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 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