Chennai panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:54 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:41
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:55 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:21 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 13:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 13:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:41 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 05:54 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