Chennai panchang, 5 December 2029
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 05:46 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:24
- 10:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:51 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:22
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:51 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:55
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:03, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:51 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:22 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:24
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 15:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 15:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:58 Libra
- 04:58 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:52 Aquarius
- 12:52 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 22:43 Cancer
- 22:43 – 00:46 next day Leo
- 00:46 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 06:19 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