Chennai panchang, 17 November 2023
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 09:48 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:11
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:38 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:03
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:17 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:35
- Karana Vishti until 11:03, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:35 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 07:24 next day
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- 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 01:17 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:11 Libra
- 06:11 – 08:22 Scorpio
- 08:22 – 10:30 Sagittarius
- 10:30 – 12:23 Capricorn
- 12:23 – 14:05 Aquarius
- 14:05 – 15:44 Pisces
- 15:44 – 17:32 Aries
- 17:32 – 19:35 Taurus
- 19:35 – 21:46 Gemini
- 21:46 – 23:55 Cancer
- 23:55 – 01:58 next day Leo
- 01:58 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 06:07 next day Libra
- 06:07 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
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