Chennai panchang, 29 December 2029
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 00:26 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:00
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Moon enters Libra
- 00:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:21 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:16 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:22
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:48 Moon enters Libra
- 00:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:21 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:22 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 09:32
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:32 – 06:31 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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 00:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:36 Capricorn
- 09:36 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:31 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