Chennai panchang, 23 May 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:26 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:23
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:11
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:18
- 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 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 19:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:27 Gemini
- 09:27 – 11:36 Cancer
- 11:36 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:41 Virgo
- 15:41 – 17:47 Libra
- 17:47 – 19:59 Scorpio
- 19:59 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 00:00 next day Capricorn
- 00:00 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 03:21 next day Pisces
- 03:21 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 05:42 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