Chennai panchang, 24 December 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 12:07 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 17:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:48
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 16:19 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. 04:47 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:04 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:48 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:29 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 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:54 Scorpio
- 05:54 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 06:29 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