Chennai panchang, 24 May 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 19:23 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:53
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:25 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 19:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 11:21
- Karana Balava until 07:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:25 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:53
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:10 – 05:42 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. 04:12 – 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 – 19:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:32 Cancer
- 11:32 – 13:35 Leo
- 13:35 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:44 Libra
- 17:44 – 19:55 Scorpio
- 19:55 – 22:02 Sagittarius
- 22:02 – 23:56 Capricorn
- 23:56 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:17 next day Pisces
- 03:17 – 05:05 next day Aries
- 05:05 – 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