Chennai panchang, 17 January 2029
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 08:16 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:44
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:45
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 07:56 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 20:07
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:27 Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:16 next day Scorpio
- 04:16 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 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