Chennai panchang, 18 January 2029
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 08:53 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 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:45
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 04:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 22:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:56
- Karana Vanija until 15:12, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:12 – 04:17 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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 22:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:17 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:53 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 09:58 Aquarius
- 09:58 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:40 Gemini
- 17:40 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 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