Chennai panchang, 6 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 23:51 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 17:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:25
- 06:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:54 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 06:35
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 05:30 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:35, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:25
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 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:31 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:47 Leo
- 04:47 – 06:49 Virgo
- 06:49 – 08:56 Libra
- 08:56 – 11:08 Scorpio
- 11:08 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:50 Aquarius
- 16:50 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:20 Taurus
- 22:20 – 00:31 next day Gemini
- 00:31 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 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