Chennai panchang, 20 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 10:03 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 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:33
- 08:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:05 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:16
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:57 – 05:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:33
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. 04:23 – 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) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:58 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:58 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 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
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:00 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)
- 04:23 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 09:59 Libra
- 09:59 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 03:43 next day Cancer
- 03:43 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 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