Chennai panchang, 16 May 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 12:51 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:26 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:22
- Karana Bava until 06:23, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:22 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:22 – 11:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
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. 04:13 – 04:58
- 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 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:14 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:43 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:41 Aries
- 05:41 – 07:43 Taurus
- 07:43 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:27 Scorpio
- 20:27 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:49 next day Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:37 next day Aries
- 05:37 – 05:43 next day Taurus
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