Chennai panchang, 9 December 2029
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 09:38 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:41
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:08 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 10:38, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:08 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:06 – 23:42
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 – 05:30
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 08:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 08:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:21 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 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:42 Libra
- 04:42 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:06 Taurus
- 18:06 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 06:21 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