Chennai panchang, 16 June 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:45 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:35
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:35 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 15:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 09:18 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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:43 – 11:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 11:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:41 Taurus
- 05:41 – 07:53 Gemini
- 07:53 – 10:02 Cancer
- 10:02 – 12:05 Leo
- 12:05 – 14:06 Virgo
- 14:06 – 16:13 Libra
- 16:13 – 18:25 Scorpio
- 18:25 – 20:32 Sagittarius
- 20:32 – 22:25 Capricorn
- 22:25 – 00:07 next day Aquarius
- 00:07 – 01:47 next day Pisces
- 01:47 – 03:35 next day Aries
- 03:35 – 05:37 next day Taurus
- 05:37 – 05:44 next day Gemini
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