Chennai panchang, 21 December 2029
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 18:15 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:21
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:36 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 21:59
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:59 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:21
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. 04:45 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:27 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