Chennai panchang, 5 September 2029
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 02:44 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 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:39
- 06:08 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:16 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:31
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:40
- Karana Kaulava until 12:10, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:40 – 06:26 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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 23:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 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
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:01 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 – 04:45 Cancer
- 04:45 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 08:49 Virgo
- 08:49 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:20 next day Taurus
- 00:20 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 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