Chennai panchang, 10 January 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 02:17 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:41
- 09:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 16:31
- Karana Bava until 13:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:31 – 18:55
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:45 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:45 – 06:35 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:56 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 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