Chennai panchang, 12 March 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 04:13 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:11
- Karana Gara until 16:34, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:30 – 18:30 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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 07:36
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 07:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:48 Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:18 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