Chennai panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 10:20 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:30
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 01:43 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:30
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 09:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:36 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 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