Chennai panchang, 23 October 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 13:42 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:45 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 18:52
- Karana Balava until 06:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:22 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:52 – 21:16
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 17:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 17:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:42 Virgo
- 05:42 – 07:49 Libra
- 07:49 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 14:01 Capricorn
- 14:01 – 15:43 Aquarius
- 15:43 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:13 Taurus
- 21:13 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:37 next day Leo
- 03:37 – 05:38 next day Virgo
- 05:38 – 06:01 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