Chennai panchang, 5 June 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 04:17 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:43
- 08:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:32 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:35 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:43
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. 04:13 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 21:16
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 21:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:16 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:22 Aries
- 04:22 – 06:24 Taurus
- 06:24 – 08:36 Gemini
- 08:36 – 10:45 Cancer
- 10:45 – 12:48 Leo
- 12:48 – 14:50 Virgo
- 14:50 – 16:56 Libra
- 16:56 – 19:08 Scorpio
- 19:08 – 21:15 Sagittarius
- 21:15 – 23:09 Capricorn
- 23:09 – 00:50 next day Aquarius
- 00:50 – 02:30 next day Pisces
- 02:30 – 04:18 next day Aries
- 04:18 – 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