Chennai panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 06:25 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:48
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:07 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:54, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:21 – 18:33 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 07:33 Capricorn
- 07:33 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:42 Aries
- 12:42 – 14:45 Taurus
- 14:45 – 16:56 Gemini
- 16:56 – 19:05 Cancer
- 19:05 – 21:08 Leo
- 21:08 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:36 next day Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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