Chennai panchang, 17 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 07:33 Bhadrapada 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 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:08
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Moon enters Libra
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:09
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 04:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:07 Moon enters Libra
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:08
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) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 10:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 10:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:36 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 19:44 Pisces
- 19:44 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:46 next day Gemini
- 01:46 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 05:58 next day Leo
- 05:58 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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