Chennai panchang, 14 January 2029
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 06:05 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 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:00
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 22:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:47, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:50 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:00
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:37 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:39 Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:16 next day Libra
- 02:16 – 04:28 next day Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
- 06:35 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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