Chennai panchang, 30 September 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:50 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:58
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:58 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:08 Moon enters Aries
- 22:58 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:08 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:08 Moon enters Aries
- 22:58 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:26 – 20:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:59 – 21:08
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) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 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
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:11 Leo
- 05:11 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 09:19 Libra
- 09:19 – 11:31 Scorpio
- 11:31 – 13:38 Sagittarius
- 13:38 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 18:53 Pisces
- 18:53 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 22:43 Taurus
- 22:43 – 00:55 next day Gemini
- 00:55 – 03:04 next day Cancer
- 03:04 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 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