Chennai panchang, 3 November 2023
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 22:34 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:13
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:40 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 07:57 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 12:52
- Karana Gara until 10:25, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:23 – 12:00 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 – 05:14
- 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 17:40 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 06:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 06:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 23:08
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:59 Virgo
- 04:59 – 07:06 Libra
- 07:06 – 09:17 Scorpio
- 09:17 – 11:25 Sagittarius
- 11:25 – 13:18 Capricorn
- 13:18 – 15:00 Aquarius
- 15:00 – 16:39 Pisces
- 16:39 – 18:27 Aries
- 18:27 – 20:30 Taurus
- 20:30 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:50 next day Cancer
- 00:50 – 02:53 next day Leo
- 02:53 – 04:55 next day Virgo
- 04:55 – 06:04 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