Chennai panchang, 14 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 05:16 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:43
- 18:00 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:09 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:58 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:00, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 18:00 Karana becomes Naga
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:54 – 05:58 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 10:22 Libra
- 10:22 – 12:34 Scorpio
- 12:34 – 14:41 Sagittarius
- 14:41 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:16 Aquarius
- 18:16 – 19:56 Pisces
- 19:56 – 21:44 Aries
- 21:44 – 23:46 Taurus
- 23:46 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 04:07 next day Cancer
- 04:07 – 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