Chennai panchang, 26 July 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 22:41 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:01
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 01:31 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:30 – 10:23 next day
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 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 18:36 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 23:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:30 – 05:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:30 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:30 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:15 Gemini
- 05:15 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 09:28 Leo
- 09:28 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:36 Libra
- 13:36 – 15:48 Scorpio
- 15:48 – 17:55 Sagittarius
- 17:55 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:30 Aquarius
- 21:30 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:58 next day Aries
- 00:58 – 03:00 next day Taurus
- 03:00 – 05:11 next day Gemini
- 05:11 – 05:54 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