Chennai panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 15:15 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:32
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:16
- Karana Vishti until 12:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 13:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:32 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:34 Virgo
- 05:34 – 07:41 Libra
- 07:41 – 09:53 Scorpio
- 09:53 – 12:00 Sagittarius
- 12:00 – 13:53 Capricorn
- 13:53 – 15:35 Aquarius
- 15:35 – 17:15 Pisces
- 17:15 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 03:29 next day Leo
- 03:29 – 05:30 next day Virgo
- 05:30 – 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