Chennai panchang, 14 December 2029
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 12:57 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:18
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:49 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:48
- Karana Kaulava until 14:13, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:17 – 17:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:18
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 14:49 – 06:24 next day
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:49 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:24 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