Chennai panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 07:24 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:44
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 06:39
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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