Chennai panchang, 5 March 2029
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 23:04 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:51 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 16:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:25 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:17 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:19 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
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. 04:46 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:25 – 06:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:25 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:51 | Good |
| Rog | 10:51 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:50 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:15 Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:27 Taurus
- 12:27 – 14:39 Gemini
- 14:39 – 16:48 Cancer
- 16:48 – 18:51 Leo
- 18:51 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:18 next day Sagittarius
- 03:18 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:22 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