Chennai panchang, 2 December 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 02:35 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:39
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:52
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:03 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Moon enters Libra
- 20:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:03 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:39
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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:39 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:10 Libra
- 05:10 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:22 Capricorn
- 11:22 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 14:43 Pisces
- 14:43 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 22:55 Cancer
- 22:55 – 00:58 next day Leo
- 00:58 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 05:06 next day Libra
- 05:06 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
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