Chennai panchang, 29 November 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 15:29 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:22
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 22:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:02, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:22 – 10:14 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 16:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:16 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. 04:34 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:40 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:39 Sagittarius
- 09:39 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 13:15 Aquarius
- 13:15 – 14:54 Pisces
- 14:54 – 16:42 Aries
- 16:42 – 18:45 Taurus
- 18:45 – 20:56 Gemini
- 20:56 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
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