Chennai panchang, 22 August 2029
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 17:09 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:45
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:25 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:39
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:39 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:24
- Karana Taitila until 06:39, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:24 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:45
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:39 – 05:58 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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 09:44 Virgo
- 09:44 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 21:25 Pisces
- 21:25 – 23:13 Aries
- 23:13 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 05:36 next day Cancer
- 05:36 – 05:58 next day Leo
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