Chennai panchang, 3 December 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 18:53 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:39
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:39 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:39
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:39 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:39 Pisces
- 14:39 – 16:27 Aries
- 16:27 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 06:18 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