Chennai panchang, 8 July 2024
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 07:45 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:38 to 05:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:09 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 02:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:30, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:04
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 05:49 – 06:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:49 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:49 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:26 Gemini
- 06:26 – 08:35 Cancer
- 08:35 – 10:38 Leo
- 10:38 – 12:40 Virgo
- 12:40 – 14:47 Libra
- 14:47 – 16:58 Scorpio
- 16:58 – 19:06 Sagittarius
- 19:06 – 20:59 Capricorn
- 20:59 – 22:41 Aquarius
- 22:41 – 00:20 next day Pisces
- 00:20 – 02:08 next day Aries
- 02:08 – 04:11 next day Taurus
- 04:11 – 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