Chennai panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 09:42 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:31
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:27 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. 04:45 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 06:27 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