Chennai panchang, 13 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 04:30 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:36
- 15:36 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:49 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:01 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 02:07 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:36, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:36 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:21 – 15:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 16:38 Capricorn
- 16:38 – 18:20 Aquarius
- 18:20 – 20:00 Pisces
- 20:00 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 23:50 Taurus
- 23:50 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 05:58 next day Leo
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