Chennai panchang, 21 February 2029
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 11:23 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:15 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Vanija until 07:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 18:03 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. 04:51 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:15 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 22:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 22:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 07:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:35 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:12 Aries
- 11:12 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:26 Gemini
- 15:26 – 17:35 Cancer
- 17:35 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 21:40 Virgo
- 21:40 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:29 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