Chennai panchang, 3 December 2029
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 03:36 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:39 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 06:41
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:18 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 06:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:05 – 22:29
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- 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
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:06 Libra
- 05:06 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 11:18 Capricorn
- 11:18 – 13:00 Aquarius
- 13:00 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:30 Taurus
- 18:30 – 20:41 Gemini
- 20:41 – 22:51 Cancer
- 22:51 – 00:54 next day Leo
- 00:54 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 06:18 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