Chennai panchang, 19 October 2023
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:54 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:25
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:03 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:53
- Karana Bava until 12:55, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:03 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32 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) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 00:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:58 Virgo
- 05:58 – 08:05 Libra
- 08:05 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:24 Sagittarius
- 12:24 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:38 Pisces
- 17:38 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:29 Taurus
- 21:29 – 23:40 Gemini
- 23:40 – 01:49 next day Cancer
- 01:49 – 03:52 next day Leo
- 03:52 – 05:54 next day Virgo
- 05:54 – 06:00 next day Libra
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