Chennai panchang, 9 January 2029
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 01:18 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 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:31
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 16:37 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:57
- Karana Vanija until 15:08, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:57 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:57 – 20:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:19 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:18 – 04:19 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. 04:53 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:50 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:29 next day Virgo
- 00:29 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:35 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