Chennai panchang, 26 October 2023
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 15:58 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 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:44
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:49
- Karana Balava until 09:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:49 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
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 17:43 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:30 Virgo
- 05:30 – 07:37 Libra
- 07:37 – 09:49 Scorpio
- 09:49 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 13:49 Capricorn
- 13:49 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:11 Pisces
- 17:11 – 18:59 Aries
- 18:59 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:22 next day Cancer
- 01:22 – 03:25 next day Leo
- 03:25 – 05:26 next day Virgo
- 05:26 – 06:02 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