Chennai panchang, 9 January 2030
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 10:16 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:41
- 14:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 04:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 23:25
- Karana Kaulava until 16:00, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:25 – 11:29 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. 04:53 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:40 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 00:30 next day Virgo
- 00:30 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:35 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