Chennai panchang, 30 October 2023
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 18:58 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:22
- 10:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:42 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:00 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:22
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. 04:24 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:00 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:15 Virgo
- 05:15 – 07:21 Libra
- 07:21 – 09:33 Scorpio
- 09:33 – 11:40 Sagittarius
- 11:40 – 13:34 Capricorn
- 13:34 – 15:15 Aquarius
- 15:15 – 16:55 Pisces
- 16:55 – 18:43 Aries
- 18:43 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 22:57 Gemini
- 22:57 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 03:09 next day Leo
- 03:09 – 05:11 next day Virgo
- 05:11 – 06:03 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