Chennai panchang, 7 December 2029
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 07:52 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:15
- 11:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:25 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 01:04 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:25, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:20 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:15
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:12 Aries
- 16:12 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 06:20 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