Chennai panchang, 28 February 2029
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 18:02 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:50
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:16 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:40
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:05 – 12:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:50
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. 04:48 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:47 Taurus
- 12:47 – 14:58 Gemini
- 14:58 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:31 next day Scorpio
- 01:31 – 03:38 next day Sagittarius
- 03:38 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:25 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