Chennai panchang, 16 April 2029
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 07:17 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:33 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:29 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 05:29 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:47, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:33 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:29 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:48 next day Pisces
- 05:48 – 05:56 next day Aries
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