Chennai panchang, 18 July 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 15:56 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:44
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 06:12
- Karana Bava until 08:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:58
- Rahu 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. 04:22 – 05:07
- 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 03:25 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:47 Gemini
- 05:47 – 07:56 Cancer
- 07:56 – 09:59 Leo
- 09:59 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:07 Libra
- 14:07 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:41 Pisces
- 23:41 – 01:29 next day Aries
- 01:29 – 03:31 next day Taurus
- 03:31 – 05:43 next day Gemini
- 05:43 – 05:52 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