Chennai panchang, 17 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 04:54 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 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:19
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 09:38
- Karana Shakuni until 12:05, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39 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) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:03 Virgo
- 06:03 – 08:10 Libra
- 08:10 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:29 Sagittarius
- 12:29 – 14:22 Capricorn
- 14:22 – 16:04 Aquarius
- 16:04 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:45 Gemini
- 23:45 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 05:59 next day Virgo
- 05:59 – 06:00 next day Libra
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