Chennai panchang, 28 October 2023
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 17:24 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:47
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:31 Moon enters Aries
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:42 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:31 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 22:51
- Karana Vishti until 15:03, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:31 Moon enters Aries
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:17 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:02 – 07:31
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 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 07:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 07:29 Libra
- 07:29 – 09:41 Scorpio
- 09:41 – 11:48 Sagittarius
- 11:48 – 13:41 Capricorn
- 13:41 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 17:03 Pisces
- 17:03 – 18:51 Aries
- 18:51 – 20:53 Taurus
- 20:53 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 01:14 next day Cancer
- 01:14 – 03:17 next day Leo
- 03:17 – 05:19 next day Virgo
- 05:19 – 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