Chennai panchang, 23 December 2029
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 20:01 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:47
- 06:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 06:30, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:46 – 06:55 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:55 – 19:51 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. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:32 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 06:28 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