Chennai panchang, 8 December 2029
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 08:47 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:51
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:18 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:18
- Karana Gara until 12:11, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:18 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:51
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. 04:39 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:37 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:11 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:46 Libra
- 04:46 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:31 Cancer
- 22:31 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 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