Chennai panchang, 20 November 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 09:37 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:20
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:38 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:07
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 19:08
- Karana Vishti until 13:07, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:08 – 21:32
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 21:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:19 – 06:11 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:40 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:36 – 06:11 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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- 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 06:11 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:15 Sagittarius
- 10:15 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 13:50 Aquarius
- 13:50 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:18 Aries
- 17:18 – 19:20 Taurus
- 19:20 – 21:32 Gemini
- 21:32 – 23:41 Cancer
- 23:41 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 03:45 next day Virgo
- 03:45 – 05:52 next day Libra
- 05:52 – 06:11 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