Chennai panchang, 6 November 2023
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 00:18 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 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:20
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:39 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:51 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 14:24
- Karana Taitila until 16:34, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:23 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:15 – 23:32
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 – 05:15
- 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 17:39 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:47 Virgo
- 04:47 – 06:54 Libra
- 06:54 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 13:06 Capricorn
- 13:06 – 14:48 Aquarius
- 14:48 – 16:28 Pisces
- 16:28 – 18:16 Aries
- 18:16 – 20:18 Taurus
- 20:18 – 22:29 Gemini
- 22:29 – 00:39 next day Cancer
- 00:39 – 02:42 next day Leo
- 02:42 – 04:43 next day Virgo
- 04:43 – 06:05 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