Chennai panchang, 29 November 2023
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 19:26 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:22
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:38 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:57
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:54
- Karana Gara until 13:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:22
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 13:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 13:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:23 Libra
- 05:23 – 07:35 Scorpio
- 07:35 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:36 Capricorn
- 11:36 – 13:17 Aquarius
- 13:17 – 14:57 Pisces
- 14:57 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 20:59 Gemini
- 20:59 – 23:08 Cancer
- 23:08 – 01:11 next day Leo
- 01:11 – 03:13 next day Virgo
- 03:13 – 05:19 next day Libra
- 05:19 – 06:15 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