Chennai panchang, 18 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 08:20 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 18:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:41
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:07 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 04:23 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:39, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 03:57 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 12:07
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) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:07 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:25 Sagittarius
- 14:25 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 19:40 Pisces
- 19:40 – 21:28 Aries
- 21:28 – 23:30 Taurus
- 23:30 – 01:42 next day Gemini
- 01:42 – 03:51 next day Cancer
- 03:51 – 05:54 next day Leo
- 05:54 – 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