Chennai panchang, 16 November 2023
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 08:47 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:20
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:35
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:16 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:59
- Karana Gara until 12:35, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:44
- Rahu 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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 02:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:14 Libra
- 06:14 – 08:26 Scorpio
- 08:26 – 10:33 Sagittarius
- 10:33 – 12:27 Capricorn
- 12:27 – 14:09 Aquarius
- 14:09 – 15:48 Pisces
- 15:48 – 17:36 Aries
- 17:36 – 19:39 Taurus
- 19:39 – 21:50 Gemini
- 21:50 – 23:59 Cancer
- 23:59 – 02:02 next day Leo
- 02:02 – 04:04 next day Virgo
- 04:04 – 06:09 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