Chennai panchang, 25 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 14:57 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 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:37
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:02 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:22
- Karana Gara until 07:56, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:37
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 06:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 13:22
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 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 11:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:54 – 05:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:22 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 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
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:31 Leo
- 05:31 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:39 Libra
- 09:39 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:33 Aquarius
- 17:33 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 21:01 Aries
- 21:01 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 05:27 next day Leo
- 05:27 – 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