Chennai panchang, 24 November 2023
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 15:17 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:12
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:38 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:04
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 19:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:04 – 06:23 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:12
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. 04:31 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:12 – 16:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 16:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:00 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:43 Libra
- 05:43 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 11:55 Capricorn
- 11:55 – 13:37 Aquarius
- 13:37 – 15:17 Pisces
- 15:17 – 17:05 Aries
- 17:05 – 19:07 Taurus
- 19:07 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:28 Cancer
- 23:28 – 01:31 next day Leo
- 01:31 – 03:32 next day Virgo
- 03:32 – 05:39 next day Libra
- 05:39 – 06:13 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