Chennai panchang, 24 October 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 14:30 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 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:16
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 15:39
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 15:27
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:27 – 06:01 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:12 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:14 – 05:09 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. 04:23 – 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 17:44 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 15:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:26 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:45 Libra
- 07:45 – 09:57 Scorpio
- 09:57 – 12:04 Sagittarius
- 12:04 – 13:57 Capricorn
- 13:57 – 15:39 Aquarius
- 15:39 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 21:09 Taurus
- 21:09 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:30 next day Cancer
- 01:30 – 03:33 next day Leo
- 03:33 – 05:34 next day Virgo
- 05:34 – 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