Chennai panchang, 7 October 2029
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 05:13 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 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:53
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:37 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 13:17
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:37, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:37 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:53
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) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 08:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:06 – 05:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:06 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:42 Leo
- 04:42 – 06:43 Virgo
- 06:43 – 08:50 Libra
- 08:50 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:09 Sagittarius
- 13:09 – 15:02 Capricorn
- 15:02 – 16:44 Aquarius
- 16:44 – 18:24 Pisces
- 18:24 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:14 Taurus
- 22:14 – 00:26 next day Gemini
- 00:26 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 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