Chennai panchang, 10 May 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 07:24 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:50
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:25 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:50 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:06
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:50
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. 04:14 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:46 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:16 Pisces
- 04:16 – 06:04 Aries
- 06:04 – 08:07 Taurus
- 08:07 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:45 next day Aries
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