Chennai panchang, 3 January 2029
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 20:36 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:38
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:18 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:18 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:38
- Karana Vishti until 17:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:18 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:06 – 17:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:38
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. 04:51 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:15 Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 06:33 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