Chennai panchang, 21 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 11:00 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:39
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:05 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 01:43 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:15, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:39
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 15:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 15:35
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 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
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 07:48 Virgo
- 07:48 – 09:55 Libra
- 09:55 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 16:07 Capricorn
- 16:07 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 19:28 Pisces
- 19:28 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:40 next day Cancer
- 03:40 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 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