Chennai panchang, 27 May 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 22:16 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:56
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:05 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 06:36
- Karana Balava until 16:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:05 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:27 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 10:13
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:13 – 03:45 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:45 – 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 18:29 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:57 Aries
- 04:57 – 07:00 Taurus
- 07:00 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:23 Leo
- 13:23 – 15:25 Virgo
- 15:25 – 17:32 Libra
- 17:32 – 19:44 Scorpio
- 19:44 – 21:51 Sagittarius
- 21:51 – 23:44 Capricorn
- 23:44 – 01:26 next day Aquarius
- 01:26 – 03:05 next day Pisces
- 03:05 – 04:54 next day Aries
- 04:54 – 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