Chennai panchang, 16 July 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 14:03 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:13 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:18
- Karana Taitila until 08:02, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:53 – 15:02
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. 04:21 – 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 – 02:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:55 Gemini
- 05:55 – 08:04 Cancer
- 08:04 – 10:07 Leo
- 10:07 – 12:08 Virgo
- 12:08 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:27 Scorpio
- 16:27 – 18:34 Sagittarius
- 18:34 – 20:27 Capricorn
- 20:27 – 22:09 Aquarius
- 22:09 – 23:49 Pisces
- 23:49 – 01:37 next day Aries
- 01:37 – 03:39 next day Taurus
- 03:39 – 05:51 next day Gemini
- 05:51 – 05:51 next day Cancer
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