Chennai panchang, 7 January 2029
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:56
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:21 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:24 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:02 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:21 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:22 – 05:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:56
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:34 – 19:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 19:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:59 Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 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