Chennai panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 21:21 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:29
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:06
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:30
- Karana Vanija until 06:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:29
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 18:29 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 10:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 10:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:01 Aries
- 05:01 – 07:04 Taurus
- 07:04 – 09:15 Gemini
- 09:15 – 11:24 Cancer
- 11:24 – 13:27 Leo
- 13:27 – 15:29 Virgo
- 15:29 – 17:36 Libra
- 17:36 – 19:48 Scorpio
- 19:48 – 21:55 Sagittarius
- 21:55 – 23:48 Capricorn
- 23:48 – 01:30 next day Aquarius
- 01:30 – 03:09 next day Pisces
- 03:09 – 04:57 next day Aries
- 04:57 – 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