Chennai panchang, 20 April 2029
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:41 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:30
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 04:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 16:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:46 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:53 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