Chennai panchang, 18 November 2023
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 10:46 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:45
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:38 to 06:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:06 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:45
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 06:09 – 00:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:06 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:07 Libra
- 06:07 – 08:18 Scorpio
- 08:18 – 10:26 Sagittarius
- 10:26 – 12:19 Capricorn
- 12:19 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 17:28 Aries
- 17:28 – 19:31 Taurus
- 19:31 – 21:42 Gemini
- 21:42 – 23:51 Cancer
- 23:51 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 03:56 next day Virgo
- 03:56 – 06:03 next day Libra
- 06:03 – 06:10 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