Chennai panchang, 12 July 2029
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 06:15 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:50 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:05
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:38 to 05:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 00:01 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:59, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:01 – 01:13 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. 04:20 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 11:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 11:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:42 – 05:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:42 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:12 Gemini
- 06:12 – 08:21 Cancer
- 08:21 – 10:24 Leo
- 10:24 – 12:25 Virgo
- 12:25 – 14:32 Libra
- 14:32 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 22:26 Aquarius
- 22:26 – 00:06 next day Pisces
- 00:06 – 01:54 next day Aries
- 01:54 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 05:50 next day Gemini
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