Chennai panchang, 12 January 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 04:17 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 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:33
- 11:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:58 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:23
- Karana Gara until 11:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 14:56
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. 04:54 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:47 Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 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