Chennai panchang, 5 January 2029
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 22:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:29
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:54 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:31
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:31
- Karana Taitila until 12:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:42 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:29
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 22:06
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 22:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:31 – 06:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:34 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 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 06:34 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