Chennai panchang, 14 December 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 04:26 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 08:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:25
- Karana Vanija until 10:50, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:53 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:24 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