Chennai panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 14:21 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:16
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:23 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:24
- Karana Gara until 11:23, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:24 – 11:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 00:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:23 – 05:43 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. 04:13 – 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 18:27 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:35 Taurus
- 07:35 – 09:47 Gemini
- 09:47 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 13:59 Leo
- 13:59 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:07 Libra
- 18:07 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:29 next day Aries
- 05:29 – 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