Chennai panchang, 12 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 03:58 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 17:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:28
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:51 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 09:29
- Karana Gara until 06:48, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:29 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:16 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:33 – 08:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:36 – 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) 11:31 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 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 – 04:24 Leo
- 04:24 – 06:25 Virgo
- 06:25 – 08:32 Libra
- 08:32 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 14:44 Capricorn
- 14:44 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 18:06 Pisces
- 18:06 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:56 Taurus
- 21:56 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 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