Chennai panchang, 14 March 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 05:28 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:48
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:33 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:18 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:40 Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:33
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:14
- Karana Shakuni until 07:33, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 07:33 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:40 Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:52 Taurus
- 11:52 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:17 Virgo
- 20:17 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:17 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