Chennai panchang, 29 July 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 00:09 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 18:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:03
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:35 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 17:54
- Karana Taitila until 06:39, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:03
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 18:35 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
| Char | 18:35 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:04 Gemini
- 05:04 – 07:13 Cancer
- 07:13 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:17 Virgo
- 11:17 – 13:24 Libra
- 13:24 – 15:36 Scorpio
- 15:36 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 22:58 Pisces
- 22:58 – 00:46 next day Aries
- 00:46 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 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