Chennai panchang, 24 July 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 21:17 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:30
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:14 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:10
- Karana Vishti until 07:30, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:57 – 07:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
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. 04:23 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:37 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:32 Cancer
- 07:32 – 09:35 Leo
- 09:35 – 11:37 Virgo
- 11:37 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 15:56 Scorpio
- 15:56 – 18:03 Sagittarius
- 18:03 – 19:56 Capricorn
- 19:56 – 21:38 Aquarius
- 21:38 – 23:17 Pisces
- 23:17 – 01:05 next day Aries
- 01:05 – 03:08 next day Taurus
- 03:08 – 05:19 next day Gemini
- 05:19 – 05:53 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