Chennai panchang, 2 May 2029
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 22:33 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 10:05
- Karana Kaulava until 15:36, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
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. 04:17 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:49 Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:51 Gemini
- 10:51 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 19:11 Libra
- 19:11 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:23 next day Capricorn
- 01:23 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 05:48 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