Chennai panchang, 20 June 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 17:12 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:02
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:36 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:50
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:12
- Karana Taitila until 07:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:02
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. 04:15 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 18:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 18:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:25 Taurus
- 05:25 – 07:37 Gemini
- 07:37 – 09:46 Cancer
- 09:46 – 11:49 Leo
- 11:49 – 13:51 Virgo
- 13:51 – 15:57 Libra
- 15:57 – 18:09 Scorpio
- 18:09 – 20:16 Sagittarius
- 20:16 – 22:10 Capricorn
- 22:10 – 23:51 Aquarius
- 23:51 – 01:31 next day Pisces
- 01:31 – 03:19 next day Aries
- 03:19 – 05:21 next day Taurus
- 05:21 – 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