Chennai panchang, 24 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 14:00 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:03
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:17 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:13 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:23
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:41 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:39
- Karana Kaulava until 10:23, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:17 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:13 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:03
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:39 – 21:03
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) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:41 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:35 Leo
- 05:35 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 14:02 Sagittarius
- 14:02 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 23:07 Taurus
- 23:07 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:31 next day Leo
- 05:31 – 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