Chennai panchang, 9 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 01:36 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 17:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:30
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:37
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:44 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 06:50
- Karana Vishti until 12:37, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:23 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:30
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 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:52 | Good |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 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
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 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 – 04:36 Leo
- 04:36 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:44 Libra
- 08:44 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:19 next day Gemini
- 00:19 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 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