Chennai panchang, 5 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 22:56 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 17:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:32
- 06:58 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 06:35 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:39 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 05:22 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:03, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:58 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 05:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:22 – 17:26 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 19:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:39 – 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:59 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
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 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
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:51 Leo
- 04:51 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:19 Sagittarius
- 13:19 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 16:54 Aquarius
- 16:54 – 18:33 Pisces
- 18:33 – 20:21 Aries
- 20:21 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:35 next day Gemini
- 00:35 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 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