Chennai panchang, 4 January 2029
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 21:33 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 17:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 12:37
- Karana Balava until 14:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:49 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:11 Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 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