Chennai panchang, 11 December 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 01:28 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:26
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:32
- Karana Vanija until 06:43, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:34 – 06:22 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:22 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