Chennai panchang, 28 May 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 23:07 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 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:54
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:33 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 02:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:42 – 09:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:38 – 23:36
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 18:30 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:54 Aries
- 04:54 – 06:56 Taurus
- 06:56 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:17 Cancer
- 11:17 – 13:20 Leo
- 13:20 – 15:21 Virgo
- 15:21 – 17:28 Libra
- 17:28 – 19:40 Scorpio
- 19:40 – 21:47 Sagittarius
- 21:47 – 23:40 Capricorn
- 23:40 – 01:22 next day Aquarius
- 01:22 – 03:02 next day Pisces
- 03:02 – 04:50 next day Aries
- 04:50 – 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