Chennai panchang, 14 October 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 05:30 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 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:52
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:41 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:49 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 10:23
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:41, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:41 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 10:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:52
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 16:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:23 – 06:00 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 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 06:00 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 08:24 Libra
- 08:24 – 10:36 Scorpio
- 10:36 – 12:43 Sagittarius
- 12:43 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 04:12 next day Leo
- 04:12 – 06:00 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