Chennai panchang, 18 July 2029
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 11:49 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:53
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:39 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 08:14
- Karana Vanija until 08:53, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
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. 04:22 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 08:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:39 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:48 Gemini
- 05:48 – 07:57 Cancer
- 07:57 – 10:00 Leo
- 10:00 – 12:02 Virgo
- 12:02 – 14:08 Libra
- 14:08 – 16:20 Scorpio
- 16:20 – 18:27 Sagittarius
- 18:27 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 22:02 Aquarius
- 22:02 – 23:42 Pisces
- 23:42 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 05:44 next day Gemini
- 05:44 – 05:52 next day Cancer
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