Chennai panchang, 23 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 13:00 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 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 15:02
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:18
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:30
- Karana Bava until 12:18, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:02
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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:18 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:56 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:41 Aquarius
- 17:41 – 19:21 Pisces
- 19:21 – 21:09 Aries
- 21:09 – 23:11 Taurus
- 23:11 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 05:35 next day Leo
- 05:35 – 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