Chennai panchang, 23 December 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 11:31 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:57
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:58
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:58 – 03:14 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) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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