Chennai panchang, 13 May 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 10:19 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:19 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:53
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:25 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:50 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 07:41
- Karana Kaulava until 14:21, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:55
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:53
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 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:23 – 05:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:23 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:52 Aries
- 05:52 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:44 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