Chennai panchang, 20 January 2029
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 10:04 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 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:11
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:40
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 09:10
- Karana Balava until 06:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:15 – 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 04:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:52 next day Libra
- 01:52 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 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