Chennai panchang, 27 December 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 14:05 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:35
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:27
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 04:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:46, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 03:11 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. 04:48 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:27 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:11 – 06:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:11 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 06:30 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