Chennai panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 07:46 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:19
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:00 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:07
- Karana Kaulava until 13:47, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:19
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 13:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:00 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:30 Scorpio
- 08:30 – 10:37 Sagittarius
- 10:37 – 12:31 Capricorn
- 12:31 – 14:12 Aquarius
- 14:12 – 15:52 Pisces
- 15:52 – 17:40 Aries
- 17:40 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:54 Gemini
- 21:54 – 00:03 next day Cancer
- 00:03 – 02:06 next day Leo
- 02:06 – 04:08 next day Virgo
- 04:08 – 06:08 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