Chennai panchang, 23 November 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:47 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:21
- 13:47 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:38 to 06:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:38
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:44
- Karana Vanija until 16:38, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:47 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:38 – 05:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:44 – 22:20
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. 04:31 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:44 Libra
- 05:44 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 10:03 Sagittarius
- 10:03 – 11:56 Capricorn
- 11:56 – 13:38 Aquarius
- 13:38 – 15:18 Pisces
- 15:18 – 17:06 Aries
- 17:06 – 19:08 Taurus
- 19:08 – 21:20 Gemini
- 21:20 – 23:29 Cancer
- 23:29 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 03:34 next day Virgo
- 03:34 – 05:40 next day Libra
- 05:40 – 06:12 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