Chennai panchang, 24 October 2029
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 19:03 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 06:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:39 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:04
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:37
- Karana Taitila until 06:47, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:37 – 11:32 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 10:53
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. 04:23 – 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) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:53 – 06:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:53 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:43 Libra
- 07:43 – 09:55 Scorpio
- 09:55 – 12:02 Sagittarius
- 12:02 – 13:55 Capricorn
- 13:55 – 15:37 Aquarius
- 15:37 – 17:17 Pisces
- 17:17 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:07 Taurus
- 21:07 – 23:19 Gemini
- 23:19 – 01:28 next day Cancer
- 01:28 – 03:31 next day Leo
- 03:31 – 05:32 next day Virgo
- 05:32 – 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