Chennai panchang, 13 November 2023
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 05:51 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:20
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:38 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:57
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:22 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Naga until 14:57, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:20
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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:22 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 06:26 Libra
- 06:26 – 08:38 Scorpio
- 08:38 – 10:45 Sagittarius
- 10:45 – 12:39 Capricorn
- 12:39 – 14:20 Aquarius
- 14:20 – 16:00 Pisces
- 16:00 – 17:48 Aries
- 17:48 – 19:50 Taurus
- 19:50 – 22:02 Gemini
- 22:02 – 00:11 next day Cancer
- 00:11 – 02:14 next day Leo
- 02:14 – 04:16 next day Virgo
- 04:16 – 06:07 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