Chennai panchang, 28 July 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:36 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:36
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:28
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 20:11
- Karana Balava until 08:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:36
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:11 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:47 – 05:54 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:32 – 23:30
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. 04:24 – 05:09
- 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 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 11:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:17 Cancer
- 07:17 – 09:20 Leo
- 09:20 – 11:21 Virgo
- 11:21 – 13:28 Libra
- 13:28 – 15:40 Scorpio
- 15:40 – 17:47 Sagittarius
- 17:47 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 21:22 Aquarius
- 21:22 – 23:02 Pisces
- 23:02 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:52 next day Taurus
- 02:52 – 05:04 next day Gemini
- 05:04 – 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