Chennai panchang, 15 July 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 13:12 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:05
- 06:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:19
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 06:59
- Karana Balava until 06:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:05
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. 04:21 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 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 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:10 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
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:59 Gemini
- 05:59 – 08:08 Cancer
- 08:08 – 10:11 Leo
- 10:11 – 12:12 Virgo
- 12:12 – 14:19 Libra
- 14:19 – 16:31 Scorpio
- 16:31 – 18:38 Sagittarius
- 18:38 – 20:31 Capricorn
- 20:31 – 22:13 Aquarius
- 22:13 – 23:53 Pisces
- 23:53 – 01:41 next day Aries
- 01:41 – 03:43 next day Taurus
- 03:43 – 05:51 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