Chennai panchang, 28 May 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 19:18 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:56
- 06:59 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:20
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 23:26
- Karana Balava until 10:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:59 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:56
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:30 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 06:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:57 Taurus
- 06:57 – 09:08 Gemini
- 09:08 – 11:18 Cancer
- 11:18 – 13:21 Leo
- 13:21 – 15:22 Virgo
- 15:22 – 17:29 Libra
- 17:29 – 19:41 Scorpio
- 19:41 – 21:48 Sagittarius
- 21:48 – 23:41 Capricorn
- 23:41 – 01:23 next day Aquarius
- 01:23 – 03:03 next day Pisces
- 03:03 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 05:42 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