Chennai panchang, 15 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 02:57 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:48
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:48 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:59 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:51
- Karana Kaulava until 08:55, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:48
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) 11:30 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:59 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:17 Libra
- 08:17 – 10:29 Scorpio
- 10:29 – 12:36 Sagittarius
- 12:36 – 14:30 Capricorn
- 14:30 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:51 Pisces
- 17:51 – 19:39 Aries
- 19:39 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 06:00 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