Chennai panchang, 18 February 2029
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 09:16 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:14
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:42 Moon enters Aries
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:14 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 14:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 16:26
- Karana Bava until 14:06, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 14:42 Moon enters Aries
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:14
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:42 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:42 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:24 Aries
- 11:24 – 13:26 Taurus
- 13:26 – 15:38 Gemini
- 15:38 – 17:47 Cancer
- 17:47 – 19:50 Leo
- 19:50 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 23:58 Libra
- 23:58 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 06:30 next day Aquarius
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