Chennai panchang, 20 May 2029
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:22 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:27
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:02 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 23:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:05
- Karana Gara until 11:05, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:02 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:29 – 23:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:02 – 09:46 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) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:43 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 13:52 Leo
- 13:52 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 18:00 Libra
- 18:00 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:19 Sagittarius
- 22:19 – 00:13 next day Capricorn
- 00:13 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:22 next day Aries
- 05:22 – 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