Chennai panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 05:55 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 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:22
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:22
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) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:25 Sagittarius
- 12:25 – 14:18 Capricorn
- 14:18 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:30 Taurus
- 21:30 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 05:55 next day Virgo
- 05:55 – 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