Chennai panchang, 18 November 2028
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 07:45 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:46
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 06:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 14:36, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:46
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:04 Libra
- 06:04 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:23 Sagittarius
- 10:23 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 13:58 Aquarius
- 13:58 – 15:38 Pisces
- 15:38 – 17:26 Aries
- 17:26 – 19:28 Taurus
- 19:28 – 21:39 Gemini
- 21:39 – 23:49 Cancer
- 23:49 – 01:52 next day Leo
- 01:52 – 03:53 next day Virgo
- 03:53 – 06:00 next day Libra
- 06:00 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
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