Chennai panchang, 2 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 20:21 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 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:33
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:57 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 10:28
- Karana Vishti until 07:36, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:28 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:28 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:33
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. 04:22 – 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 17:57 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 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
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:03 Leo
- 05:03 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 09:11 Libra
- 09:11 – 11:23 Scorpio
- 11:23 – 13:30 Sagittarius
- 13:30 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 18:45 Pisces
- 18:45 – 20:33 Aries
- 20:33 – 22:35 Taurus
- 22:35 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 02:56 next day Cancer
- 02:56 – 04:59 next day Leo
- 04:59 – 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