Chennai panchang, 31 December 2029
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 02:24 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:35
- 08:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:12
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:39
- Karana Bava until 08:33, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:39 – 01:39 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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:10 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:52 | Good |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:32 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