Chennai panchang, 1 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 19:35 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:58
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:58 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 19:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:13
- Karana Gara until 09:42, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:27 – 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) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 20:58 | Good |
| Char | 20:58 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 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 NowSun
- 06:59 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
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:07 Leo
- 05:07 – 07:09 Virgo
- 07:09 – 09:15 Libra
- 09:15 – 11:27 Scorpio
- 11:27 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:28 Capricorn
- 15:28 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:49 Pisces
- 18:49 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:39 Taurus
- 22:39 – 00:51 next day Gemini
- 00:51 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 05:03 next day Leo
- 05:03 – 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