Chennai panchang, 4 November 2023
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 23:27 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:46
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:40 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 07:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:02
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:23 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:46
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. 04:25 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 07:57
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:55 Virgo
- 04:55 – 07:02 Libra
- 07:02 – 09:14 Scorpio
- 09:14 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:14 Capricorn
- 13:14 – 14:56 Aquarius
- 14:56 – 16:35 Pisces
- 16:35 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:26 Taurus
- 20:26 – 22:37 Gemini
- 22:37 – 00:47 next day Cancer
- 00:47 – 02:49 next day Leo
- 02:49 – 04:51 next day Virgo
- 04:51 – 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