Chennai panchang, 7 July 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 06:50 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:38
- 16:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 05:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:00 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 02:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:12 – 03:24 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. 04:19 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:49 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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:30 Gemini
- 06:30 – 08:39 Cancer
- 08:39 – 10:42 Leo
- 10:42 – 12:44 Virgo
- 12:44 – 14:51 Libra
- 14:51 – 17:02 Scorpio
- 17:02 – 19:09 Sagittarius
- 19:09 – 21:03 Capricorn
- 21:03 – 22:45 Aquarius
- 22:45 – 00:24 next day Pisces
- 00:24 – 02:12 next day Aries
- 02:12 – 04:15 next day Taurus
- 04:15 – 05:49 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