Chennai panchang, 28 September 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 17:23 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 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:35
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:49
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:48 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 08:34, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:54 – 06:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:49 – 20:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:28 – 05:07 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:09 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:14 – 05:59 next day
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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 01:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:49 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 05:59 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
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 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 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:27 Libra
- 09:27 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:46 Sagittarius
- 13:46 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 19:01 Pisces
- 19:01 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 22:51 Taurus
- 22:51 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 05:59 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