Chennai panchang, 20 October 2029
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 16:21 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:49
- 07:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:46 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:01 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:19
- Karana Taitila until 10:18, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:19 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 02:01 – 06:01 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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 02:01 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:18 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 15:53 Aquarius
- 15:53 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:23 Taurus
- 21:23 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:47 next day Leo
- 03:47 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 06:01 next day Libra
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