Chennai panchang, 18 May 2029
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:32 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:51
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:56 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 10:49
- Karana Bava until 12:01, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:56 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:49 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:16 – 17:21
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 05:43 next day
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 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 18:27 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 23:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:05 – 05:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:59 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:43 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 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
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:36 Taurus
- 07:36 – 09:48 Gemini
- 09:48 – 11:57 Cancer
- 11:57 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:02 Virgo
- 16:02 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 02:02 next day Aquarius
- 02:02 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 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