Chennai panchang, 22 December 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 10:56 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 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:22
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:24 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:24 – 03:13 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. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 14:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 11:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:02 Scorpio
- 06:02 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
- 05:58 – 06:28 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