Chennai panchang, 30 May 2029
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 21:12 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:42
- 06:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:13 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 18:10
- Karana Vanija until 06:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:14 – 16:14
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:49 Taurus
- 06:49 – 09:01 Gemini
- 09:01 – 11:10 Cancer
- 11:10 – 13:13 Leo
- 13:13 – 15:14 Virgo
- 15:14 – 17:21 Libra
- 17:21 – 19:33 Scorpio
- 19:33 – 21:40 Sagittarius
- 21:40 – 23:33 Capricorn
- 23:33 – 01:15 next day Aquarius
- 01:15 – 02:55 next day Pisces
- 02:55 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 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