Chennai panchang, 5 October 2029
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 03:17 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:25
- 10:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:22 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:46
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 21:07
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 13:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:01 – 11:56
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:00 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:00 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:50 Leo
- 04:50 – 06:51 Virgo
- 06:51 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 04:46 next day Leo
- 04:46 – 05:59 next day Virgo
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