Chennai panchang, 6 December 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 21:47 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:25
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 13:21
- Karana Kaulava until 16:21, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:25
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. 04:38 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:53 Libra
- 04:53 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:27 Pisces
- 14:27 – 16:15 Aries
- 16:15 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 06:19 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