Chennai panchang, 20 July 2029
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 13:48 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:02
- 15:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:37 to 05:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:51 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 23:39
- Karana Taitila until 15:16, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:10 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:52 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:54 – 07:50
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 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 18:37 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 05:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:13 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:40 Gemini
- 05:40 – 07:49 Cancer
- 07:49 – 09:52 Leo
- 09:52 – 11:54 Virgo
- 11:54 – 14:01 Libra
- 14:01 – 16:12 Scorpio
- 16:12 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:13 Capricorn
- 20:13 – 21:55 Aquarius
- 21:55 – 23:34 Pisces
- 23:34 – 01:22 next day Aries
- 01:22 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:36 next day Gemini
- 05:36 – 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