Chennai panchang, 3 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 21:10 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 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:27
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:12
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 08:17
- Karana Balava until 06:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:03 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:27
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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 18:03
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:28 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:59 Leo
- 04:59 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:19 Scorpio
- 11:19 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:41 Pisces
- 18:41 – 20:29 Aries
- 20:29 – 22:32 Taurus
- 22:32 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 02:52 next day Cancer
- 02:52 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 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