Chennai panchang, 14 May 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 11:13 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 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:50
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:26 to 05:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 07:24
- Karana Gara until 15:30, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:25 – 05:44 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. 04:14 – 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 18:26 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 13:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:05 – 05:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:19 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:12 Cancer
- 12:12 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:23 Libra
- 18:23 – 20:35 Scorpio
- 20:35 – 22:42 Sagittarius
- 22:42 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:17 next day Aquarius
- 02:17 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 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