Chennai panchang, 16 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 03:55 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:26
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:48 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 13:49
- Karana Vanija until 15:45, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:26
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 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:48 | Good |
| Char | 17:48 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:26 Capricorn
- 14:26 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 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