Chennai panchang, 20 October 2023
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 10:54 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 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:18
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:46 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:18
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 17:46 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:00 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 08:01 Libra
- 08:01 – 10:12 Scorpio
- 10:12 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:13 Capricorn
- 14:13 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:25 Taurus
- 21:25 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 05:50 next day Virgo
- 05:50 – 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