Chennai panchang, 31 October 2023
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 19:49 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:14
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:41 to 06:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:57 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 15:33
- Karana Vanija until 09:52, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
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 11:52 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:33 – 02:49 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. 04:24 – 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 17:41 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 21:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:11 Virgo
- 05:11 – 07:17 Libra
- 07:17 – 09:29 Scorpio
- 09:29 – 11:36 Sagittarius
- 11:36 – 13:30 Capricorn
- 13:30 – 15:11 Aquarius
- 15:11 – 16:51 Pisces
- 16:51 – 18:39 Aries
- 18:39 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 01:02 next day Cancer
- 01:02 – 03:05 next day Leo
- 03:05 – 05:07 next day Virgo
- 05:07 – 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