Chennai panchang, 18 January 2030
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 17:00 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:53 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:36
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:02
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:41 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:31 – 02:58 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:58 – 04:10 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 16:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:41 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:24 Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:59 Aquarius
- 09:59 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:20 next day Sagittarius
- 06:20 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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