Chennai panchang, 8 November 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 22:54 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:19
- 09:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:39 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:49, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:06 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:19 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:49 – 04:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:27 – 06:06 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. 04:26 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:03 – 06:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:49 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:36 Virgo
- 04:36 – 06:43 Libra
- 06:43 – 08:55 Scorpio
- 08:55 – 11:02 Sagittarius
- 11:02 – 12:55 Capricorn
- 12:55 – 14:37 Aquarius
- 14:37 – 16:17 Pisces
- 16:17 – 18:05 Aries
- 18:05 – 20:07 Taurus
- 20:07 – 22:19 Gemini
- 22:19 – 00:28 next day Cancer
- 00:28 – 02:31 next day Leo
- 02:31 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:06 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