Chennai panchang, 8 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 00:44 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 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:53
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 06:02
- Karana Gara until 10:13, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:23 – 12:37 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) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 02:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 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
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 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)
- 04:22 – 04:40 Leo
- 04:40 – 06:41 Virgo
- 06:41 – 08:48 Libra
- 08:48 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 15:00 Capricorn
- 15:00 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:22 Pisces
- 18:22 – 20:10 Aries
- 20:10 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 04:36 next day Leo
- 04:36 – 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