Chennai panchang, 17 December 2029
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 14:58 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:28
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 21:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 20:23
- Karana Bava until 08:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 21:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:47 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:28
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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