Chennai panchang, 23 June 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 20:09 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:37
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:37 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 14:26
- Karana Taitila until 16:22, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:47 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:37
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. 04:16 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:03 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:14 Taurus
- 05:14 – 07:25 Gemini
- 07:25 – 09:34 Cancer
- 09:34 – 11:37 Leo
- 11:37 – 13:39 Virgo
- 13:39 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 17:57 Scorpio
- 17:57 – 20:05 Sagittarius
- 20:05 – 21:58 Capricorn
- 21:58 – 23:40 Aquarius
- 23:40 – 01:19 next day Pisces
- 01:19 – 03:07 next day Aries
- 03:07 – 05:10 next day Taurus
- 05:10 – 05:45 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