Chennai panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 07:43 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:26 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:30
- 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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 21:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:02 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 09:56 Gemini
- 09:56 – 12:05 Cancer
- 12:05 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:28 Scorpio
- 20:28 – 22:35 Sagittarius
- 22:35 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:38 next day Aries
- 05:38 – 05:43 next day Taurus
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