Chennai panchang, 16 January 2029
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 07:36 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:18 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:35
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 07:56
- Karana Balava until 12:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:35
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:09 – 06:36 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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:53 – 12:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:18 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:24 Capricorn
- 08:24 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 00:01 next day Virgo
- 00:01 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:27 next day Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 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