Chennai panchang, 19 November 2023
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:39 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:38
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:38 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:23
- Nakshatra Shravana until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:27
- Karana Taitila until 07:23, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:07 – 16:19 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:42 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:43 – 02:42 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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:03 Libra
- 06:03 – 08:15 Scorpio
- 08:15 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 12:15 Capricorn
- 12:15 – 13:57 Aquarius
- 13:57 – 15:36 Pisces
- 15:36 – 17:24 Aries
- 17:24 – 19:27 Taurus
- 19:27 – 21:38 Gemini
- 21:38 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 03:52 next day Virgo
- 03:52 – 05:59 next day Libra
- 05:59 – 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