Chennai panchang, 15 December 2029
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 13:35 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:24 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:53
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:42 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:35
- Karana Gara until 16:40, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:42 Moon enters Aries
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:35 – 07:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 17:42
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 17:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:50 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:24 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 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